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<h2><SPAN name="BRER_RABBIT_AND_THE_PARTRIDGE_NEST" id="BRER_RABBIT_AND_THE_PARTRIDGE_NEST"></SPAN>BRER RABBIT AND THE PARTRIDGE NEST</h2> <div class="figcenters"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-63.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="334" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Oh, what’s de matter wid de Whipperwill,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Dat she sets an’ cries on de furder hill?<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ what’s de matter wid Miss Bob White,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Dat she choke herse’f wid sayin’ Good-night?<br/></span> <span class="i0">You know mighty well dat sump’n is wrong<br/></span> <span class="i0">When dey sets an’ sings dat kinder song,<br/></span> <span class="i0">’Twix’ a call an’ a cry, ’twix’ a weep an’ a wail—<br/></span> <span class="i0">Dey must be tellin’ a mighty sad tale.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenters"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-64.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="311" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Miss Whipperwill’s troubles, an’ what she say<br/></span> <span class="i0">Will do fer ter tell some yuther day;<br/></span> <span class="i0">But Miss Bob White—my! aint she a sight?—<br/></span> <span class="i0">I’ll hatter tell why she hollers Good-night.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Dey once wuz a time (needer mo’ ner less)<br/></span> <span class="i0">When she ain’t try ter hide ner kivver her nes’;<br/></span> <span class="i0">She built it in de open, whar all kin see,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ wuz des ez perlite ez she kin be.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenters"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-65.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="315" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">She’d make her house facin’ eas’ an’ wes’,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ den wid eggs she’d fill her nes’;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Fer ter keep um warm she’d brood an’ set,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ keep her house fum gittin’ wet.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Whiles dis gwine on, Brer Rabbit come by,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A-wigglin’ his mouf, an’ a-blinkin’ his eye:<br/></span> <span class="i0">“De top er de mornin’, Miss Bob,” sezee;<br/></span> <span class="i0">“De same ter you, Brer Rabbit,” se’ she.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenters"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-66.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="316" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Sez ol’ Brer Rabbit, “I been missin’ you long,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I wuz mighty fear’d dat sump’n wuz wrong,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But here you set ez still ez a mouse,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Not doin’ nothin’ but keepin’ house!”<br/></span> <span class="i0">“Oh, well,” se’ she, “I’m too ol’ ter gad,<br/></span> <span class="i0">I use’ ter do it, but I wish I never had!<br/></span> <span class="i0">De only thing I want is ter wash my dress,<br/></span> <span class="i0">But I can’t do dat whiles I’m on my nes’.”<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenters"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-67.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="325" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Brer Rabbit, he say, “Can’t I he’p you out?<br/></span> <span class="i0">I ain’t doin’ nothin’ but walkin’ about,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ my ol’ ’oman is willin’ fer ter bet<br/></span> <span class="i0">Dat ef settin ’s de thing, I’m ol’ man Set!”<br/></span> <span class="i0">“I know mighty well,” sez Miss Bob White,<br/></span> <span class="i0">“Ef you set a-tall, it’ll be done right.”<br/></span> <span class="i0">“Thanky-do, Miss Bob! Go wash yo’ dress,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ I’ll do what I kin fer ter kivver yo’ nes’!”<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenters"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-68.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="330" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">So off she put, wid a flutter an’ a flirt,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ washed her dress in a pile er clean dirt;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Brer Rabbit see de eggs, an’ shuck his head;<br/></span> <span class="i0">His mouf ’gun ter dribble, an’ his eye turn red;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Sezee, “It’d sholy be hard fer ter match um,<br/></span> <span class="i0">So I’ll des take um home an’ try fer ter hatch um!”<br/></span> <span class="i0">So said, so done! An’ den when he come back,<br/></span> <span class="i0">He come in a gait ’twix’ a lope an’ a rack.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenters"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-69.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="329" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">An’ Miss Bob White, atter washin’ her dress,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Went a-runnin’ back ter house an’ nes’;<br/></span> <span class="i0">“Much erbleege, Brer Rabbit,” an’ den she bowed.<br/></span> <span class="i0">“Say nothin’, ma’am, fer ter make me proud,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Kaze I been a-waitin’ here, frettin’ an’ sweatin’,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Fer fear I ain’t sech a good han’ at settin’;<br/></span> <span class="i0">My ol’ ’oman say I got a slow fever,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ I ’clar’ ter goodness, I’m ready ter b’lieve her!<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenters"> <ANTIMG src="images/image-70.jpg" width-obs="400" height-obs="310" alt="" title="" /></div> <div class="poem pcenter"> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">“I felt sump’n move, I hear’ sump’n run,<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ de eggs done gone—dey ain’t na’er one!<br/></span> <span class="i0">I sho is seed sights, I done hear folks talk—<br/></span> <span class="i0">But never befo’ is I seed eggs walk!”<br/></span> <span class="i0">“My goodness, me!” sez Miss Bob White,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A-peepin’ in de nes’, “You sho is right!”<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ y’ever sence den, when darkness falls,<br/></span> <span class="i0">She gives de lost chillun her Good-night calls!<br/></span> <span class="i0">An’ y’ever sence den, when darkness falls,<br/></span> <span class="i0">She gives de lost chillun her Good-night calls!<br/></span></div> </div> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />

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