The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued

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B’RER RABBIT AND B’RER WOLF.

Once upon a time B’rer Rabbit was bidout any water, and B’rer Wolf was round dere taking dinner wid him one day. B’rer Wolf say to B’rer Rabbit; ”Better let's go and jine, and dig a well.“

B’rer Rabbit say; “Oh no, B’rer Wolf, I kin drink early in de mornin’ off de grass, and in de day off de cow tracks.” So B’rer Wolf went and dig a well for hisself; and after he been done dig dis well, every mornin’ when be go down to fetch water, he meet B’rer Rabbit tracks dere; and after he find B’rer Rabbit keep on comet, he put de tar baby down dere, and B’rer Rabbit come wid a pail on moonshine night, and as he git about an hundred yard from de well, he meet de tar baby, and he hail de little girl, and de little girl give him no answer, so he leave de pail and keep on goin’ up; and he hail do little girl again, and de little girl give him no answer.

And after he found that B’rer Rabbit keep on commin’, B’rer Wolf put the tar baby down there, and B’rer Rabbit come with a pail on a moonshine night, and as he got about a hundred yards from the well, he met the tar baby, and he hail (greeted) the little girl, and the little girl gave him no answer, so he left the pail and kept on goin’ up; and he hail the little girl again, and the little girl give him no answer.