Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XVI. Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman, sentence 21

"Brer Fox crope up little nigher, he did, en lissen, but he don't year no fuss, en he keep on gittin' nigher, en yit he don't year nuthin'.

Who acts: crope · What happens: do, not year, keep · To what, where: en lissen, en, year nuthin

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