Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07

went a-kitin' up de tree swingin' fun one
limb ter tu'rr by dat long tail his n.
whar he cud wrop rouu things heap easier
sence de hyas all fell or 'twel he fair
mex OF Tarr'pin's hafd swim. He shake an
he shake an he shake an de simmons
fall an dey fall an dey fall, an all de
time he shuk he wuz singin':
'Possum's up de 'simmon tree
Go long. Josey;
Go long. Josey, go long.
De tree mighty tain. ar dc limb mighty barr.
TEX kysre, Mistah fPossum. tex kyars. tex kyare.
Go long, Josey. 60 long.
boun' you oil Postum Ewine tex good kyare.
Dough de tree mighty tall. an de limb mighty bare.
20 long, Josey, 60 long
He wra- his tail all roun' Dc limb
Go long, Josey;
You kin shake de simmons. but you KANT shake him.
Go long Josey, 20 long.
Possum wuk on so busy dat he done
fergft eyythtng else. an presn'y he git ter
shakin harder an harder an singin' louder
an louder. Bout den Mistah Wolf come
lopln long thu de woods an yeard him
Now, wat kind err outlan'ish gwines on Is
dis. in de daid er nightT sezee ter hisse'f:
see bout dis
Wen he git ter de tree he see Do OF
Iarrpin stuftln hissef, an he say. sezee.
y a1st aat wat sort er layout is
u liz
dish yer jes. III medincin Use tekin'
'kase Use kind or run down an poly
Wolf he low hit look ter him ez eff some
er dat medfncfn 'ud gree wild him nightly.
Sezee, 1 think hit nigh bout jes' suit my
case an wild dat he wade plumb inter dc
simmons an ct EN- up so fas' dsr want
none let fer Mistah Tarr'pin. 'kase he
nuver hurry bout anything not even de
putin way Nv his vittles.
Possum up in de tree seed wat gwine
on below, an sezee ter hisse'f Now. dis de
time an 'casion wen / gwine fix Mistah
Wolf so's't he KANT gobble up urr folkses'
simmons fer one VILE mis- able OF big
mouf"
He TUX an TUX a rock he kyar'd wild
him. an he wrop his tail good an tight
'roun' limb. an he lean outen de tree
so'ster TEX good aim, an he drap hit so
close ter Oh Wolf dat III mo- shed a hit
him on de nose. Wolf year her fall kerr
mus be mighty big 'simmon, an he low
ter hfssef dat he gotter have dat I'm ter
ill up de las chfnk Nv his stummick. He
z dat greedy he ain stop ter bite ner tas'e
ner chew; he jes' swoller her hull an std
der gwine down. dar she stuck; he KANT
gulp her down ner cough her up; dar she
wuz an dar she stay. He roll, he waller,
he kick, he cough. he try ter call fer hep
but tain no use; an I let you know
'twant long TO he stop kickin an strotch
hisse'f out an jes natchelly die fer de
want er bref.
Den 'Pessum he skunt down de tree In a
hurry an famine de kyarkiss ter see eff
he'z sho'-'nun daid. 'Um-umph" sezee.
look LAX dat medincin ain gree wild Mis-
tab Wolf we'll re he think fer. Dat z
monst'ous big pill he try ter swoller, but
wen folks come long yer an fin him dey
KANT blame u.s. Ter oey'll see de simmons
stickin' ter his mouf, an den dey'll know
he wuz dat big a fool he ain kin tell de
diffns 'twix' simmons an flint rocks. Les
we hurry up an git outen dis: but 70
goes 1 gwine cut off his years an TEX EN-
home ter my family. 'kase dey ain gwins
blfeve hit lessen dey sees hit.
DE family wuz nightly sot up over de
KILN er Mistah Wolf an 'Possum tuck
ter wearin' de years stuck on over his own.
Dat huccome de VOLTS ter 'spicion who kilt
der daddy an dar come mighty nigh bein'
trouble
II done fergit ter toll you dat Wolf had
black years. an dat wy de 1njun folks.
uver sence 'Possum bin wearin dem bor-
ryed years, calls him de animuel wild de
black years My daddy he WIZ 1njun.
an he done toll me de tale an de name er
de 'possum In Churrykee. but hit SCUM so
curisome / done fergit hit. An now you
all bes' run long home-mos time fer 20
dinner-an' femme look after de bugs on
dish yer 'baccy patch er mine