Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XI. Mr. Wolf Makes a Failure, sentence 11

W'en dey done howdyin' en axin' atter one nudder's fambly connexshun, Brer Wolf, he 'low, he did, dat der wuz sump'n wrong wid Brer Fox, en Brer Fox, he 'low'd der wern't, en he went on en laugh en make great terdo kaze Brer Wolf look like he spishun sump'n.

Who acts: W'en dey, dey, der wer, great terdo kaze · What happens: do, dat, go, make, look · To what, where: howdyin, der wuz, en, en laugh en

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