🧚 Opening, part 10 · page 2

Wile Buh Fox bin er do dis, Buh Squirle manage fuh slip way; an wen Buh Fox open eh yeye, eh see Buh Squirle duh run up de tree way him couldnt tetch um.77

Buh Fox fine eh couldnt help ehself, an eh call arter Buh Squirle an eh say: “Nummine, Boy, you done git way now, but de nex time me clap dis han topper you, me gwine eat you fus an say grace arterward.”78

Bes plan fuh er man fuh mek sho er eh bittle befo eh say tenky fuh um.79

XLV.80

BUH RABBIT, BUH WOLF, AN DE BUCKRA MAN.81

Er Buckra man bin hab er gang er sheep.82 Ebry now an den eh miss one.83 Eh sarche eh fiel, an eh see Buh Wolf track day, an eh mek up eh mine say him bin er de one wuh duh tief eh sheep.84 Eh fix heaper plan fuh ketch um, but eh fail.85 At lenk eh call een Buh Rabbit, case eh hab summuch sense, fuh help um.86 Buh Rabbit, him gree fuh do so ef de Buckra man would len um one horse, an would prommus no fuh tell Buh Wolf nuttne bout de ting.87

De Buckra man gen um de prommus an len um de horse.88 Buh Rabbit ride de horse ter him house, an eh sen wud ter Buh Wolf say him dist bin buy er fine ridin horse, an him want um fuh come an tek er ride long um.89 Buh Wolf, him come, an wen eh look topper de horse eh tell Buh Rabbit him would lub fuh ride um, but dat him faid say de horse gwine fling um.90 Buh Rabbit mek answer say him mussnt faid; dat him gwine pit saddle on de horse, an wen Buh Wolf git een um eh gwine tie eh leg so him cant fall off; an, mo ner dat, him gwine git up behine fuh hole um on.91 Arter dat Buh Wolf seem saterfy.92

Buh Rabbit trow de saddle on de horse an gelt um tight.93 Den Buh Wolf climb up an tek eh seat.94 Buh Rabbit tek string, an eh tie Buh Wolf leg fas ter de stirrup.95 Now eh say: “Me gwine git up behine fuh hole you on.”96 Steader dat, wen Buh Wolf yent bin er notus, eh step back, an eh tek er bunch er cock-spur an eh lick um onder de horse tail.97 De ting hot de animel so bad, eh jump, an eh pitch, an eh kick up.98 Buh Wolf grab de bridle an juk de horse mouf, an dat mek um rare up.99 Buh Wolf git rale skaid, an eh holler fuh Buh Rabbit fuh tek um off.100 Buh Rabbit tell um fuh hole on tel him kin onloose de saddle.101 All dis time de horse bin er cut sich caper Buh Wolf couldnt manage um, an so eh drap de bridle an heng on ter eh mange fuh keep from fall off.102 Wen de horse fine say eh head loose, eh mek fuh home; an befo Buh Wolf fine out eh run tru de big gate an roun de house ter de stable.103 De Buckra man bin er set een eh piazza, an eh see wen de horse come up wid Buh Wolf der heng topper eh neck.104 Eh run ter de stable, an eh leh de horse an Buh Wolf een.105 Den eh call eh driber, an dem ontie Buh Wolf an fastne um ter one tree.106 Arter dem bin gen um bout one hundud lash, Buh Rabbit run up an bague de Buckra man fuh tun Buh Wolf loose.107 Eh did tun um loose.108 Buh Wolf nebber did fine out say Buh Rabbit bin fix dis plan fuh pit um een de Buckra man han, an eh tell Buh Rabbit heap er tenky fuh de faber wuh him bin done ter um.109

Ebry time you yeddy bout Buh Rabbit you fine um duh come out head.110

XLVI.111

BUH RABBIT AN BUH WOLF FUNERAL.112

Buh Rabbit fool Buh Wolf so many time, an een sich diffrunt fashion, dat eh outdone wid um.113 Ebry time eh try fuh ketch um fuh lick um, Buh Rabbit somehow er narruh slip tru eh han an git way.114 Buh Wolf, him hire edder people fuh wuk plan fuh git de better er Buh Rabbit an pit um een eh power, but, bless you soul! dem fail too, an Buh Rabbit, him go clear.115 De ting mose worry Buh Wolf life outer um.116 Eh fret so bout um tel eh biggin fuh tun rale po.117

At lenk Buh Wolf gie out say him berry sick.118 Leely wile arter dat, de news come dat Buh Wolf dead.119 Eh wife eenwite all eh fren ter de funeral.120 Buh Wolf mek sho say eh gwine ketch Buh Rabbit now.121

Buh Bear, him bin der de passon.122 Dog come.123 Roccoon come.124 Squirle come.125 Possum come.126 Cow come.127 Alligatur an Cooter, dem come.128 Deer, him bin day too.129 Buh Wolf, him bin er lay out on er bench een de middle er him house, kibber ober wid er wite clorte, an eh wife an eh chillun duh tan roun um duh cry.130 Buh Owl, him fetch er spade fuh dig de grabe, an bud bin day too fuh sing er hyme.131

Wen dem all bin gedder, Buh Rabbit enter dist es careful, an tek eh stan jes by de do.132 Dem wait leely wile fuh Buh Fox, but him sen wud say him wife hab feber an him couldnt leff um.133 Den Buh Bear, him tek eh book an eh read um, an eh preach er sarmint.134 Arter dat de Mockinbud raise er chune, an dem all sing.135

All dis time Buh Wolf bin er leddown, tretch out ter eh full lenk, and stiff lucker eh bin dead fuh true.136 Eh hole eh bref so tight, nobody could yeddy um breave.137 Wen de preachin an de singin done ober, dem all gone up fuh tek dem las look at Buh Wolf befo dem tote um out fuh bury um.138 Dem raise up de clorte wuh bin ober eh face, an eh look dist es natrul; an dem tell um goodbye one by one.139 Buh Rabbit him walk up las, an eh yent gone berry close needer.140 Buh Rabbit always tote eh good sense bout um, an eh nebber will run no resk.141 Es eh come fuh look topper Buh Wolf, Buh Wolf bin spec say eh woulder tan so close dat eh coulder graff um.142 But wen eh fine Buh Rabbit sorter skittish, an eh duh ease ehself off, eh tek de chance, an, all ober sutten, eh trow ehself offer de bench an eh mek arter Buh Rabbit.143 Buh Rabbit, him bin hab eh yeye on Buh Wolf all de time, an befo Buh Wolf could mek eh way tru de crowd an come up long um, Buh Rabbit slip out de back do an trow ehself een de brier patch, way Buh Wolf couldnt foller um.144 De people all stonish, an wen dem fine out de trute er de ting, dem berry bex; an, befo dem leff, dem bemean Buh Wolf sich er fashion eh bin shame fuh show ehself een de settlement fuh many er days.145 Dat bin er dutty trick wuh Buh Wolf play on eh fren and on Buh Rabbit, but Buh Rabbit, him outdo um.146