🧚 Opening, part 7

De rale name er dis cunjur man bin _Robin_, but him yent bin gib dis name ter de King.1

De cunjur man try fuh fine out de tief, but eh miss.2 Four day gone, an de Ring yent fine.3 De cunjur man, him berry sad, an eh faid say eh gwine fail, an de King gwine tek eh head off.4

De mornin ob de fibe day de King git up soon, an pledjur ehself by tek er walk een eh gaden.5 Wile eh duh tan onder one berry tree, one robin-red-bres, wuh bin er eat de berry, choke an fall der groun.6 De King pick um up, an eh dead in eh han.7 Den eh tek um, an wrop um up een eh henkerchef, an pit um een eh hat.8 Eh sen fuh de cunjur man, an eh tell um eh time mose out, an dat ef eh no fine de Ring by sundown eh gwine kill um.9 Eh say ter um, moöber, dat eh doubt um, an dat eh yent bliebe eh kin cunjur none tall; dat ef eh kin cunjur eh mus tell um right off wuh eh got een him hat.10 De cunjur man so skade eh yent say nuttne cept pity ehself, an say: “Po Robin!11 Po Robin!”12 De King tek um say eh bin mean de bud, an eh confidance rise, an eh mek answer: “You right, me yiz hab one robin een me hat; an becase you tell true, me gwine gie you six day mo fuh fine out who tief de Ring.”13 De cunjur man rale glad, an de ting mek de King an all eh fren an de serbant bliebe say eh kin cunjur fur true.14 De tree serbant wuh bin een cohoot fuh tief de Ring, an wuh bin know all bout um, biggin fuh faid say dem bin gwine fuh git fine out.15

De nex mornin, wen one er dem serbant come down wid de King shoes, de cunjur man pint eh finger at um an eh say: “You duh one er de tief.”16 De man look condemn, but eh mek answer, say: “Him yent.”17 De nex mornin wen de tarrur serbant fetch de King shoes down fuh clean um, de cunjur man pint him finger at um an eh say: “You duh nudder one er dem tief.”18 De man rale skade, but eh schway say him yent know nuttne bout de Ring.19 De nex mornin wen de edder serbant duh clean de King shoes, de cunjur man gone up ter um an pint eh finger right een eh face, an eh say: “You duh de tird man wuh know bout dis Ring an help fuh tief um.”20 De man yeye fall, but him wouldnt confess.21

Dat same ebenin all tree dem serbant, dem come ter de cunjur man an fetch de Ring, an confess say dem been tek um, an dem bague de cunjur man fuh fix plan fuh clear dem.22 Him so glad him git de Ring him prommus fuh do dist as dem say.23 So eh tell dem fuh fetch one big tukrey-gobbler ter um.24 Dem gone an ketch de biggis een de gang, an brung um ter de cunjur man.25 Eh tek de Ring an eh mix um long cornflour, an eh poke em een de tukrey-gobbler craw.26 Den eh mark de bud so him kin know um gen, an eh tun um loose.27

De cunjur man, him gone right off ter de King, an eh tell um say him kin pint out way de Ring day.28 De King, him berry glad, an eh collec all him fren fuh see de cunjur man pint out de Ring.29 Wen dem all gedder, de conjur man, him ax de King fuh hab all him tukrey dribe befo um.30 De King him do so, an as de tukrey bin er walk pass, de conjur man pint out one big tukrey-gobbler an tell de King say him hab de Ring een him craw.31 Wid dat, de King mek one er him serbant ketch de gobbler an rip open eh craw, an day, sho nuff, was de Ring.32 De King, him bin so rejoice eh gib high praise ter de cunjur man, an eh gie um big money, an mek um rich.33 De tree serbant too, wuh bin de tief, dem so happy cause de cunjur man yent spose dem ter de King dat dem mek present ter um too, an bin eh fren all dem life.34

XXXII.35

BUH LION, BUH RABBIT, BUH FOX, AN BUH ROCCOON.36

Buh Lion, him bin keep er bank.37 Een dat bank him hab chicken, en hog, en sheep.38 Buh Fox, him marry ter Buh Coon darter.39 Buh Fox farruh-een-law, him bin er rogue.40 Buh Coon an Buh Rabbit mek er plan fuh rob Buh Lion bank, an dem usen fuh tek ting outer um ebry now en den, an nobody kin fine out who duh de tief.41 Buh Fox, Buh Rabbit, an Buh Coon, dem day fas fren, an dem constant keep compny.42 Buh Rabbit him tell Buh Lion, say him know de man wuh duh rob him bank, but eh yent want talk eh name, an eh vise Buh Lion fuh set steel trap fuh ketch de tief.43 Buh Lion do es him say, an de nex night, wen Buh Coon, Buh Fox, an Buh Rabbit gone fuh rob de bank gen, Buh Coon, him walk topper de trap an eh ketch um by eh foot.44 De ting broke Buh Coon leg, an eh hot um berry bad, but eh faid fuh holler, case, ef eh did holler, eh know Buh Lion gwine run day an kill um.45 So eh leddown an moan, an beg eh fren fuh help um.46 Buh Fox an Buh Rabbit, dem study ober de ting, an dem mek up dem mine say ef Buh Lion fine Buh Coon een de trap, eh not only gwine kill Buh Coon, but eh will sen an kill all eh fambly.47 Den dem conclude dat de bes ting fuh do bin dat Buh Fox--wuh bin him son-een-law--mus tek one swode an chop Buh Coon head off an bury um, an dat eh skin Buh Coon an bury eh hide an eh cloze, an leff Buh Coon nekked een de trap, so nobody kin tell who bin ketch.48

Buh Fox, him do es dem gree.49 De nex mornin wen Buh Lion zamine eh trap, eh fine de tief done ketch.50 Eh call een eh fren fuh consult, but es de body done strip, an eh head done cut off an gone, nobody could mek up eh mine who de tief bin.51 Buh Lion, him say him gwine fine out who de tief yiz, an who de man wuh cut eh head off an skin um.52

Buh Rabbit, him come up bout dis time, an him swade Buh Lion fuh sen fuh one cart, an pit de dead body een um, an leh one er eh han heng ober one side er de cart, an gedder him soldier an pit one gang on de leff han side an de tarruh gang on de right han side, an mek de music go befo, an leh dem all march down de middle er de street een Buh Lion town all de lenk er de street; an ef de soldier yeddy anybody duh scream an duh cry een any one er de house, den de soldier mus go ter dat house an kill ebry body wuh lib day, case dat mus be de fambly er de tief.53 Buh Lion, him well please, an him gie order, an hab de ting done jes es Buh Rabbit bin plan.54