🧚 Opening, part 11 · page 2

Buh Wolf house buil on de groun senker hog pen.82 Eh mek wid pole.83 Him bin tink say him got Buh Rabbit safe, an so eh keep on play eh fiddle an sing: “Tenk God, rain done sen meat een me house.84 Tenk God, rain done sen meat een me house.”85 Wile Buh Wolf duh mek ehself saterfy say him hab Buh Rabbit an gwine eat um soon es de rain done ober, Buh Rabbit duh grabble, grabble, grabble onder de bottom er de pole, tel eh mek hole big nough, an den eh slip out, onbeknowinst teh Buh Wolf, an hop roun teh de front do, an eh holler teh Buh Wolf: “You duh sing an der play, ‘Tenk God, rain done sen meat een you house,’ but you yent eat um yet, an you yent gwine eat um.”86 Wid dat eh leff right befo Buh Wolf face.87 Buh Wolf rale disappint.88 Eh loss eh dinner.89 Eh gone an eh heng up eh fiddle, an eh say teh ehself: “Me tought sho me bin hab um, but Rabbit beat my time.”90

LII.91

BUH ALLIGATUH, BUH RABBIT, AN BUH WOLF.92

Buh Rabbit, him bin er tief Buh Alligatuh agg.93 Buh Alligatuh ketch um topper eh nes.94 Eh graff um an eh pit um een one crocus bag, an eh tie up de een er de bag tight, an eh heng um on one tree lim, an eh gone home fuh git eh lash fuh lick Buh Rabbit.95 Buh Rabbit dat skaid eh yeye big moner saucer.96 Eh duh trimble een de bag, an duh peep trough de crack een de crocus fuh notus wuh gwine happne.97

Bimeby eh see Buh Wolf duh ramble dat way.98 Soon es Buh Wolf come anigh um, Buh Rabbit biggin fuh sing say him gwine teh Hebben, way him will hab nuttne fuh do cept joy ehself; way him will hab no corn fuh grine, no tetter fuh dig, no cotton fuh pick, no rice fuh hoe, an no chillun fuh mine.99 Buh Rabbit mek tense luk him so happy case de Lord dist er commin fuh tek um right up eenter de element.100

Buh Wolf stop.101 Eh listne teh Buh Rabbit.102 Eh yeddy close, an den eh say: “Buh Rabbit, enty dat duh you woice?”103 Buh Rabbit, him mek answer: “Yes, Budder, dis duh me.”104 Den Buh Wolf ax um wuh eh duh do een dat crocus bag.105 Buh Rabbit tell um say him dist fix ehself dat er way so de Lord kin fine um handy fuh tek um right up eenter Hebben; an den eh say: “Good-bye, Buh Wolf, I leff all me trial behine; you no gwine see me no mo; me gwine leff right off fuh Hebben.”106 Buh Wolf now, him yent hab no better sense den fuh bleebe wuh Buh Rabbit duh talk; an eh bague Buh Rabbit fuh leh him jine um an go long um.107 Buh Rabbit, him mek answer: “Me Budder, me glad fuh bleege you, but de good Lord tell me say only one at er time kin enter Hebben.108 Two an two cant go day.”109 Buh Wolf bague.110 Eh bague.111 At lenk Buh Rabbit mek tense say eh gie way caze Buh Wolf bague um so bad, an eh say: “Well, Budder, you seem so anxious me gwine leh you tek me chance dis time, an me will haffer wait topper de Lord tel narruh tun.”112

Wid dat eh tell Buh Wolf fuh loose de bag offer de tree lim, an ontie um.113 Arter Buh Wolf done do dis, Buh Rabbit git out, an Buh Wolf tek eh place een de bag.114 Buh Rabbit tie up de mout er de bag berry tight, an heng um gen on de tree lim.115 Buh Wolf, lucker fool, duh set eenside duh spec fuh rise ter Hebben.116 Buh Rabbit now, eh so glad eh free, eh hop off one side an hide ehself een one gall-berry ticket, way nobody kin shum, an cock eh yez fuh notus wuh gwine happne.117 Eh know say big trouble gwine come topper Buh Wolf.118

Eh yent bin berry long wen yuh come Buh Alligatuh duh tote er keen black lash.119 Eh gone right up ter de bag, an eh gen um er nasty cut.120 Den eh haul back an eh gen de bag anurrer whaling ub er lick.121 Eh no bin know say Buh Rabbit bin git out, an dat Buh Wolf bin eenside.122 Buh Wolf couldnt mek out wuh bin gwine on.123 De lick hot um so bad eh holler out: “Wudder dat?124 Who duh dat?125 Wuh hoona duh do long me?126 Lemme lone.”127 Buh Alligatuh so bex eh yent yeddy say eh bin Buh Wolf woice, an eh keep duh pile on de lick tell eh tare de crocus an cut de bag down.128 Buh Wolf all lick up so eh casely kin walk.129 Wen eh scuffle outer de bag, Buh Alligatuh fine out fuh de fus time say eh binner whale up Buh Wolf, steader Buh Rabbit wuh bin tief eh agg.130 Den Buh Alligatuh ax Buh Wolf pardon, an mek um tell um huccum Buh Rabbit bin fool um an git um fuh tek eh place een de bag.131 Buh Alligatuh bex an sorry all two: eh bex caze Buh Rabbit play dat trick an git way; eh sorry caze Buh Wolf beat up so sewere.132 All dis time Buh Rabbit duh squat een de bush, way eh kin see an yeddy ebry ting, duh half kill ehself wid laugh.133

All de sorry wuh Buh Alligatuh bin sorry fuh Buh Wolf yent bin done um no good.134 Eh bin bruise up so bad eh haffer tek eh bed fuh mona two week, an all dat time Buh Wolf fambly mose dead long hongry.135

Buh Alligatuh an Buh Wolf all two mek plan fuh ketch Buh Rabbit, but dem nebber did obertek um.136 No matter wuh de trouble, Buh Rabbit always hab sense nough fuh clear ehself.137 Eh yent hab dem long yez an big yeye fuh nuttne.138

LIII.139

DE DYIN BULL-FROG.140

One time er ole Bull-Frog bin berry sick an spectin fuh dead.141 All eh fren een de pon collec roun um an eh fambly, fuh nuss um an tek dem las look at um.142 Dat ole Frog bin hab er noung wife an heap er leely chillun.143 Eh berry trouble een eh breas bout who gwine mine eh fambly arter eh gone.144 Wen eh woice biggin fuh fail um, an dist befo eh dead, eh say: “Me fren, who gwine tek me wife wen de breaf leff dis yer body?”145 Eh fren all holler out at de top er dem woice: “Me me.146 Me me.147 Me me.”148 Den eh quire: “Who er you gwine mine me leely chillun?”149 Fuh some time eh yent yeddy no answer; an den de answer come back ter um one by one from all ober de pon, an een er deep woice: “Yent der me.150 Yent der me.151 Yent der me.”152