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 come up to de door; it was bery cold, and he say, “Gentlemen, is B’rer Wolf dead, in fact? I am sorry to hear he is die.“ B’rer Rabbit step up by de fire and warm his hands, and he say, “Gentlemens, we mus hab someting for settin’ up, and bury him to-morrow morning.” As he step from de fire he say, “Look here, gentlemens, someting ain’t right; I mus go and look at B’rer Wolf face.” As he raise up de sheet, he say, “Look here, gentlemens; did B’rer Wolf grin after he dead?” He had de sheet in his hand, but did n’t put it down.

De gentlemen said, “No, he did n’t grin.“ B’rer Rabbit say, “ Well, man can’t dead, less grin.“ As he said dis, B’rer Wolf, wid his stupidness, grinned, and B’rer Rabbit jumped out de door, and said, “Never see dead man grin yet.“

III.

Once upon a time B’rer Rabbit went to B’rer Wolf house to ax him for go hunt coutah eggs wid him. Dey found a great many, but B’rer Rabbit eat all of his on de way home. B’rer Wolf say he was gwine to take his home to his wife. When B’rer Wolf was home, B’rer Rab-bit went to him again. “I say, B’rer Wolf, did you give your wife any of dem egg? You better not, ’cause dey are pison. I gave some to my wife, and she is bery sick.”