Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings, V. the Story of the Deluge and How It Came About, sentence 22

Dey bo'd inter de groun' en kep' on bo'in twel dey onloost de fountains er de yeth; en de waters squirt out, en riz higher en higher twel de hills wuz kivvered, en de creeturs wuz all drownded; en all bekaze dey let on 'mong deyselves dat dey wuz bigger dan de Crawfishes."

Who acts: Dey bo, en, de fountains, en waters, higher twel de hills, creeturs · What happens: inter, kep, er, squirt out, wuz, kivver · To what, where: groun, de yeth, bo'in twel, en riz, higher en, en

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