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Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit

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<h2><SPAN name="BRER_RABBITS_FLYING_TRIP" id="BRER_RABBITS_FLYING_TRIP"></SPAN>BRER RABBIT’S FLYING TRIP</h2> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-27.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="317" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Dar once wuz a time when most er de creeturs<br/></span> <span class="i2">Got mighty tired er Brer Rabbit’s capers,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ dey ’semble’, dey did, grass an’ meat eaters.<br/></span> <span class="i2">Browsers an’ grazers, an’ likewiss de bone-scrapers,<br/></span> <span class="i8">Fer ter see what dey kin do.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Brer B’ar wuz dar, wid his bid fur suit on,<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ ol’ Brer Wolf fetched his big howl along,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ when eve’ything wuz ready, wid a long, loud hoot on,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Here come ol’ Simon Swamp Owl along,<br/></span> <span class="i8">A-tootin’ of his too-whoo.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Dar wuz ol’ Brer Fox, suh, wid his black socks, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ a heap er creeturs dat I don’t hatter mention;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Some bow-legged an’ some knock-kneed in de hocks, suh.<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ dey all agree fer ter hol’ a convention<br/></span> <span class="i8">Fer ter stop Brer Rabbit’s pranks.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-28.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="317" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Brer Fox, he ’low he’ll gi’ a pot er gol’, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Ter de man what kin tol Brer Rabbit off, suh;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Brer Buzzard say, “I’m a-gittin’ ol’, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">But I’ll try my han,” an’ den he cough, suh.<br/></span> <span class="i8">An’ de rest un um bowed dere thanks.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Now, ol’ Brer B’ar wuz a-settin’ in de cheer, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">So he stand up an’ move a motion;<br/></span> <span class="i0">He up an’ ’low, “Le’s erso’v right here, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Fer ter thank Brer Buzzard whiles we’re in de notion,<br/></span> <span class="i8">An’ not put it off ter some yuther day.”<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">An’ den dey had it up an’ down, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">’Sputin’ ’bout what dey oughter do,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Some wanter gi’ ’im a flower crown, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Ef he rid Brer Rabbit up dar in de blue,<br/></span> <span class="i8">An’ drap ’im when he got half-way.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-29.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="370" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Dey sont a runner atter ol’ Brer Rabbit<br/></span> <span class="i2">Ter ax ’im ter call an’ ’ten’ de convention;<br/></span> <span class="i0">But ol’ frien’ Wobble-nose had a quare habit<br/></span> <span class="i2">Er knowin’ a thing befo’ it wuz mention’,<br/></span> <span class="i8">An he come ’fo’ he got de word.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">He wiggle his nose, an’ wunk his eye—<br/></span> <span class="i2">“Here sho is de man I wants ter see, suh!<br/></span> <span class="i0">Brer Buzzard I’m tryin’ ter l’arn how ter fly!”<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ c’ose Brer Buzzard gi’ his agree, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i8">An’ all un um say he’s a ’commydatin’ bird!<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-30.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="370" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">An’ den Brer Buzzard half spread his wing, suh<br/></span> <span class="i2">He try ter look young, but he wuz ol’ suh—<br/></span> <span class="i0">He try ter strut an’ walk wid a swing, suh;<br/></span> <span class="i2">He wuz dreamin’ ’bout dat pot er gol’, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i8">An’ what he wuz gwine fer ter buy.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Brer Buzzard ain’t skacely got thoo wid his pride, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">’Fo’ Brer Rabbit lit right ’tween his floppers,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Wid, “Now, hump yo’se’f, an’ gi’ me a ride, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Ef you don’t I’ll hit—I’ll hit you some whoppers<br/></span> <span class="i8">When I git you up dar in de sky!”<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-31.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="376" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Well, de creeturs grinned when Brer Buzzard riz, suh.<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ made a big fuss accordin’ ter der natur’;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Ez fer ol’ Brer Rabbit, de pleasure wuz all his, suh<br/></span> <span class="i2">De ridin’ wuz easy ez eatin’ tater<br/></span> <span class="i8">When it’s b’iled an’ made inter pie!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Kaze under bofe wings he had a paw, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’, when Brer Buzzard try fer ter drap ’im.<br/></span> <span class="i0">He’d scratch an’ tickle ’im wid his claw, suh;<br/></span> <span class="i2">An’ when Brer Buzzard try fer ter flap ’im,<br/></span> <span class="i8">He’d scratch an’ wink his eye!<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenterl"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-32.jpg" width-obs="600" height-obs="373" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">An’ wid his claws he tuck an’ steered ’im<br/></span> <span class="i2">Fum post ter pillar in de deep blue, suh;<br/></span> <span class="i0">He’d holla an’ laugh—all de creeturs heer’d ’im—<br/></span> <span class="i2">You know how you’d feel ef it hab been you, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i8">A-waitin’ fer some un ter fall!<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">When ol’ Brer Rabbit got tired er ridin’,<br/></span> <span class="i2">He steered Brer Buzzard right straight ter de groun’, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ den an’ dar went right inter hidin’.<br/></span> <span class="i2">When de creeturs come up he couldn’t be foun’, suh,<br/></span> <span class="i8">An’ I speck an’ I reckon dat’s all!<br/></span></div> </div> <hr /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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