🧚 Opening, part 3 · page 2

Buh Rabbit, him too scheemy fuh Buh Wolf.111 Wen de Gal notus how smate Buh Rabbit bin, an how eh mek good eh big wud, eh gen um eh han, an, leetle while arter, dem bin git marry.112

XIV.113

BUH WOLF AN DE TWO DINNER.114

Buh Wolf, him binner inwite ter two dinner de same day an de same time: one gen by Cooter Bay, an de tarruh by John Bay.115 Dem bin bredder, an dem lib on two seprite road wuh jine at de fork.116 Buh Wolf, him so greedy him cept bofe inbitation.117 Wen de time come fuh go, eh dress ehself up an eh light out.118 Wen eh git ter de place way de road fork, eh stop an eh consider.119 Eh want fuh tek bofe road an go ter de two dinner.120 Eh cant tek one an leff tarruh.121 Eh gone down one road; eh tun back; eh tan ter de fork.122 Eh tek tarruh road; eh come back ter de fork; eh tan day gen. Eh state off; eh tun back.123 Eh state off gen; eh tun back gen. Eh cant mek up eh mine which dinner fuh tek an which dinner fuh leff.124 Eh hanker arter bofe.125 Eh wase eh time.126 Wile dis bin a guine on, de people bin a eat at bofe de dinner.127

Bimeby yuh come some er dem, wuh bin eat dinner wid Cooter Bay, duh mek dem way home.128 Dem see Buh Wolf duh tan in de fork er de road, an dem hail um, an dem say: “Hi!129 Buh Wolf, wuh you duh do yuh?”130 Buh Wolf, him mek answer: “Me guine ter Cooter Bay fuh dine long um.”131 Den dem tell um say de dinner done ober; dat dem jist come from day, an dat dem bin hab plenty er good bittle fuh eat.132 Buh Wolf rale cut down case eh loss one dinner.133

Eh hop off an mek fuh John Bay house fuh git de tarruh dinner.134 Eh yent bin gone no destant befo eh meet dem people duh comin back wuh bin gone fuh eat dinner long John Bay.135 Dem tell um de dinner done ober, an eh mights well tun back.136 Buh Wolf outdone.137 Eh so greedy eh couldnt mek up eh mine which dinner fuh tek.138 Eh tink eh guine git all two, an eh yent git none.139 Eh gone home dat bex an hongry eh ready fuh kill ehself.140

People wuh wunt mek up dem mine in time wuh dem mean fuh do guine git leff.141

XV.142

BUH OWL AN BUH ROOSTER.143

Buh Owl, him bin a great music-meker.144 Him an Buh Rooster bin good fren.145 Heap er bud blan wisit Buh Rooster house fuh yeddy music an fuh dance.146 Buh Owl, him sing so well an eh pick de banjo so clear, nobody kin listen ter um an keep eh foot still; but eh no wan leh nobody shum wen eh duh sing an play.147 Buh Rooster, him always blan hab a dark room fuh Buh Owl fuh set in wen eh duh play fuh de bud.148 Lamp day in day, but eh hab shade on um.149 Buh Owl kin see de bud wuh duh dance, but de bud, dem cant see Buh Owl.150 Buh Owl, him faid light, an eh yent der bole bud no how.151

One ebenin Buh Owl bin a sing an play oncommon well fuh de bud at Buh Rooster house fuh dance.152 De pahler bin full, but dem yent bin know who dat bin a mek de music.153 Buh Rooster, him bin prommus Buh Owl dat eh yent guine tell who duh sing an play.154 Wen dem all bin dance tel dem tired, dem all bague Buh Rooster fuh show dem de man wuh bin mek sich pooty music fuh dem fuh dance long.155 Buh Rooster say him cant.156 Dem keep on bague, tel, at lenk, Buh Rooster gone in tarruh room, an eh tek de shade offer de lamp.157 Wen dem look pon topper Buh Owl, eh yeye so big, an eh yez cock up so high, eh skade de people, an dem all holler an run.158

Buh Owl, him berry bex case Buh Rooster broke eh wud, an he fall out wid Buh Rooster.159 From dat day Buh Owl hate Buh Rooster, eh wife, an eh chillun.160 Wenebber, duh night, eh yeddy any er um duh crow er der fix ehself topper eh roose, eh mek fuh de place an eat um up.161 Eh yent do, in dis wul, fuh man fuh ceive eh fren.162