Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, VIII. Mr. Fox Is "outdone" By Mr. Buzzard, sentence 19

"En Brer Fox, he lammed away at dat holler tree, he did, like a man maulin' rails, twel bimeby, atter he done got de tree mos' cut thoo, he stop fer ter ketch his bref, en he seed Mr. Buzzard laughin' behime his back, he did, en right den en dar, widout gwine enny fudder, Brer Fox, he smelt a rat.

Who acts: En Fox, Den, man maulin, de tree mos, bref · What happens: lam away, do, get, cut, stop, behime · To what, where: holler tree, atter, de tree mos, thoo, fer ter ketch, back

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