🧚 Opening, part 4

XVI.1

BUH LION AN BUH GOAT.2

Buh Lion bin a hunt, an eh spy Buh Goat duh leddown topper er big rock duh wuk eh mout an der chaw.3 Eh creep up fuh ketch um.4 Wen eh git close ter um eh notus um good.5 Buh Goat keep on chaw.6 Buh Lion try fuh fine out wuh Buh Goat duh eat.7 Eh yent see nuttne nigh um ceptin de nekked rock wuh eh duh leddown on.8 Buh Lion stonish.9 Eh wait topper Buh Goat.10 Buh Goat keep on chaw, an chaw, an chaw.11 Buh Lion cant mek de ting out, an eh come close, an eh say: “Hay!12 Buh Goat, wuh you duh eat?”13 Buh Goat skade wen Buh Lion rise up befo um, but eh keep er bole harte, an eh mek ansur: “Me duh chaw dis rock, an ef you dont leff, wen me done long um me guine eat you.”14 Dis big wud sabe Buh Goat.15 Bole man git outer diffikelty way coward man lose eh life.16

XVII.17

BUH BEAR AN BUH TIGER.18

Buh Bear, him tired lib wid eh farruh an eh fambly, an eh tell eh farruh eh guine way fuh mek eh own libbin, an eh want um fuh gem wuhebber eh hab wuh cummin ter um from de fambly property.19 Eh farruh an eh murrer try fuh swade um fuh stay long dem, but eh say eh mek up eh mine fuh go.20 Den eh farruh tell um eh yent hab nuttne fuh gem cept sebbn loaf er bread.21 Buh Bear, him berry disappint; but wen eh see eh yent guine git nuttne mo, eh gree fuh tek um.22 Eh farruh tell um: “De man wuh eat any er dat bread long you will hab fuh rastle long you fuh sebbn year.”23 Buh Bear cahr eh bread, an gone der wood, an mek camp fuh ehself.24 Wen eh bin er eat de bread, Buh Tiger come long an bague um fuh some.25 Buh Bear say: “Buh Tiger, ef you eat any er dis yer bread, you haffer rastle long me fuh sebbn year.”26 Buh Tiger, him answer: “Me willin: me hongry; gimme de bread.”27 Den Buh Bear gen um some, an eh eat um.28 Befo dem part Buh Tiger tell Buh Bear way him house yiz, and gree fuh rastle long um de nex mornin.29 Buh Bear say: “Berry well: me guine come ter you house by de time de sun git up, an you will haffer rastle long me.”30

Soon a mornin Buh Bear gone ter Buh Tiger house an knock ter de do.31 Buh Tiger come out in er hurry, an dey graff hold er one anurrer.32 Buh Bear fling Buh Tiger; an befo eh leh um git up, eh box um side er de head.33

Nex day Buh Bear come gen same time, and Buh Tiger meet um, an dem rastle, an Buh Bear fling um an hit um side er de head, same place way eh bin knock um de day befo.34 Nex day same ting.35 Nex day same ting.36 Nex day same ting.37 De six mornin, wen Buh Bear knock ter Buh Tiger do, Buh Tiger yent come out.38 Eh sen eh wife fuh say eh bin berry sick.39 Buh Bear say eh mus come out.40 Eh wife tell um; an arter Buh Tiger fine out Buh Bear yent guine leff, eh come out.41 Eh head swell way Buh Bear bin a box um.42 Buh Tiger look bad.43 Buh Bear hole um gen an eh trow um berry easy, an den eh box um gen in de same ole place sider eh head, way eh bin a knock um befo, an wuh swell.44 Eh hot Buh Tiger so bad eh holler.45 De nex mornin, wen Buh Bear come, Buh Tiger bin in eh bed.46 Eh head tie up, an eh wife bin a nuss um.47 Eh couldnt rastle long Buh Bear no mo.48 Buh Bear, him shame um, an mek um leff eh house.49 Den Buh Bear mobe in an mek ehself satify.50

Buh Bear fine out dat de bread wuh eh farruh bin gen um, an wuh eh hardly bin want fuh tote long um, done um a heap er good, an git um er nice house fuh lib een.51

“Wenebber,” added old Daddy Smart, “you farruh gie you anyting, tek um, an tenky.52 You suttenly will fine out dat wuh eh gie you will do you no harm, but eh will fetch good luck ter you.”53

XVIII.54

BUH MONKEY AN DE BULL-DOG.55

Ebry body cept Buh Monkey bin full er trouble.56 On ebry side you yeddy nuttne cept bout trouble.57 Trouble yuh, trouble day, trouble ebry way.58 Buh Monkey tell eh wife eh wonder wuh dis ting duh wuh ebry body bin a talk bout, an wuh dem all duh call trouble.59 Him say him cant tell.60 Den Buh Monkey mek up eh mine fuh go teh de Debble, an fine out from um.61 Eh gone.62 Eh ketch de Debble duh eat eh brukwus; an eh ax um huccum ebry body hab trouble cept him.63 An eh leh de Debble know say him wan fine out wuh dis ting duh wuh bin a bodder ebry body, an wuh ebry body call trouble.64 De Debble tell um fuh go een de kitchin an wait topper um, an wen eh done eh brukwus him will come out an mek um sensible bout dis ting wuh call trouble.65 Buh Monkey gone ter de kitchin, an tek one chair an mek ehself saterfy.66 Eh jaw duh run water, fuh eh tink ter ehself de Debble guine gem some nice brukwus.67 Eh wait day sich a lenk er time, an no brukwus come.68 Den de Debble come outer de big house duh fetch er bag een eh han.69 De bag done tie up.70 Eh gen de bag ter Buh Monkey, an eh tell um: “Trouble day een dis yer bag.71 You cahr um tel you git een de middle er de ole fiel, an den you open um, an you guine fine out wuh call trouble.”72 Big fiel bin all roun an roun de house.73 Not a tree nur a stump bin in dat fiel.74 Buh Monkey tek de bag.75 Eh hebby.76 Eh state fuh home duh tote um.77 Eh tired befo eh retch de middle er de fiel.78 Wen eh ketch de middle er de fiel, eh top, an eh onloose de bag.79 Bless God! out jump one Bull-Dog, an eh tek right arter Buh Monkey.80 Eh run.81 Eh run.82 Eh holler.83 Eh holler.84 De Dog day right arter um duh try fuh bite um.85 Wen Buh Monkey git ter de wood, eh state fuh clime de fus tree eh come teh.86 De Dog so close behine um eh snap at um an bite off eh tail.87 Buh Monkey leff eh tail een de dog mouf, an gone up de tree.88 Eh fine one crotch, an eh seddown duh pant an der cry.89 Eh skade so tell eh scacely kin keep eh seat.90 Eh tail duh bleed.91 De Dog sed down onder de tree, an watch um, an wait fur um fuh come down.92 Buh Monkey faid fuh come down.93 Ebry time dat Buh Monkey mek motion fuh come down, de Dog show eh teet an growl.94 Night come, and Buh Monkey, him day up de tree.95 Eh fine out fuh true wuh call trouble.96 Eh dat tired, an sore, an skade, eh dunno wuh fuh do.97 Bout middle der night de Dog hongry, an gone home fuh eat eh bittle.98 Buh Monkey slip down de tree an mek track fuh him house.99 Wen eh meet eh wife an chillun, an show um eh tail wuh bite off, an tell um wuh eh bin tru, dem all mek er great miration, an dem all conclude dem know nuff bout trouble, an yent want see um no mo.100 Bad plan fuh people fuh hunt trouble wen trouble yent der hunt dem.101