Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, IX. Miss Cow Falls a Victim to Mr. Rabbit, sentence 21

Now, den," continued Uncle Remus, tearing off the comer of a plug of tobacco and cramming it into his mouth--"now, den, dem 'simmons wuz green ez grass, en na'er one never drap.

Who acts: simmons, one · What happens: continue, tear off, cram, wuz, not drap · To what, where: den, comer, tobacco, mouth, green ez grass, en

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