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

The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued

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Den he look down in de well, and ebry time he look down in de well, de little girl was lookin’ down too; and he say; “Don’t look down dere, little girl, or I’II slap your face.“ And he looked down in de well again, and de little girl still looked upon him, so he raised his right hand to slap her, and it got stick, and he told de little girl if she didn’t let go his hand, he would slap her wid de odder hand, and he hit her wid de odder hand, and dat stick too.

He raise his right foot and say, “Gal, see dis foot; if I hit you wid dis foot, you tink horse kick you.“ And he hit her wid his right foot, and it did stick; and so he up wid de odder foot, and say, “See dis foot; if I hit you wid dis, you tink tunder roll over you.“ And he hit her, and dat foot stick; so he say, “Little gal, I won’t say nottin to you at all; I have knock down many a man wid my forehead, and if I happen to hit you wid it, I split your head wide open.”

And he butt her wid his forehead, and dal stick. Day broke, and B’rer Wolf come down for water. “Hey, B’rer Rabbit, what you doin’ here? Tought you been tell me you could drink water ’M de mornin’ off de grass, and cow track. Now B’rer Rabbit, I goin’ to pay you for all my water you has been takins.“ B’rer Wolf had a big fire make to trow B’rer Rabbit in to burn him up.