Evening star., 1909-07-10

you ever saw-always saying he can do
things better than any other boy or girl
Il reckon. honey said the old woman.
dat little boy yo: is tellin' bout goes on
jes' de same as Mr.. Wizzle Wuzzle say
dat Mr.. Bullfrog used to go on. An
reckon yo' know how dat was?'
II don't think / do, Aunt Matilda, "
said the little boy. for / don't believe
you ever told me about Mr.. Builfrog.
woman, "fo / was certin I'd done tole
yo dat. Dat is she added, dat I'd done
tole yo de same as Mr.. Wizzle Wuzz!e
done tole 1t to me.
The little boy, however, was quite sure
Aunt Matilda never had. SO she said:
We'll, honey, Mr.. Wizze Wuzzle he
say dat In de olden time, long. long be-
fo' me nur. yo' nur mos ennybody else
was alvin. Mr.. Bullfrog don't do nuth-
in tall much but jes' go a-gallavantin'
'roun big as life. An Mr.. Wizzle Wuzzle
he say dat Mr.. Bullfrog, jes like udder
folks dat don't do nuthin' tall much but
jes' go a-gallavantin 'roun', was powerful
biggitty in de talkin line. An, Mr.. Wizzle
Wuzzle he say furder dat Mr.. Bullfrog,
de same as udder folks what is a-given
to a-gallavantin' 'roun' an a-talkin'
powerful biggitty, was a-fo'ever an a
foever a-tellin bout what he could do,
an how he could do it, an how much
better he could do it den ennybody else"
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Course honey, as Mr.. Wizzle Wuzzle
done say, de folks jes' say nuthin' tall
much in de ansWerin' back line, an jes'
go on maxim b'lieve dat dey b'lieve a
dat Mr.. Bullfrog say. But, as Mr.. Wiz
Zle WuZzle truly say. de mo- folks talk
an de louder dey talks. de mo- udder
folks don't b lieve in what dey is a-Sayin .
An dat was de way. SO Mr.. Wizzle Wuz-
z,e done tole me, wild EN- as to de talkin'
OF Mr.. Bullfrog
"Yit, honey. sech COINS on git power
full 'noyin' in de en-, an so. as Mr..
WiZzle Wuzzle say. dis here talkin'
bigGitty an talkin' loud dat Mr. Bull
frog is a-don' at las git powerful
long bout dere bizness, an a-sayin
little an a-doin mo-, jes riZ UP bout it
an dey laid de whole matter befo' King
Lion
What did King Lion do about il,
Aunt Matilda" asked the little boy, as
the old woman paused.
Well. honey" she replied. king
]. ion didn't do nuthin' tall but jes' tele-
gruf ole Jedge Owl fo' to look into de
matter an let him know all bout it.
II didn't know that King Lion could
telegraph. Aunt Matilda" interrupted
the little boy.
Course. honey" the old woman said
king Lion didn't go do de telegrufin'
hiSself. emmy mo, chile, den yo pa go
do il When he wants to teeeruf some
body No, indeedy, honey. King Lion he
jes' sent de telegrum to Mr.. Wool
pecker. what was de telegruf man. an
den Mr.. Woodpecker he jes' tapped IL
on de highest dead tree dat he could
find. an sont it off dat way. But. chile.
/ isn't so consarned in jes' how King
Lion sont dat telegrum to ole Jedge
Owl as is in a-knowin' dat ole Jedge
Owl got It, an dat ole Jedge Owl sot
right down fo' to look into de matter.
An yo' knows we'll as ] does, honey,
dat when ole Jedge Owl sots hisseif
down fo to look into sumthin' nuthcr
fo' King Lion he sots hisself down
right an he looks into it right.
An I knows a nuther thing. honey,
DAT when arfter ole Jedse Owl had tee-
.;ruffed back to King Lion jes' what he'd
seen when he sot hisseif down an
looked into dat matter King Lion let all