Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, XXIX. Mr. Fox Gets Into Serious Business, sentence 19

"One time," said Uncle Remus, carefully taking up the thread of the story where it had been dropped, "hit turn out dat Brer Rabbit bin makin' so free wid Mr. Man's greens en truck dat Mr. Man, he tuck'n sot a trap for Brer Rabbit, en Brer Rabbit he so greedy dat he tuck'n walk right spang in it, 'fo' he know hisse'f.

Who acts: Uncle Remus, dat, trap · What happens: say, take up, drop, hit, turn out, bin · To what, where: thread, dat, makin, tuck'n sot, en Brer Rabbit, trap · Speech: someone speaks here

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