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

The Bureau of Dreams to be Continued

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A cooter is a pond turtle with a yellow-striped head common to the Eastern United States.

B’rer Wolf was scare, and say, “Oh, B’rer Rabbit, tenk you for tell me; I will trow dem all away.” So he went to fetch dem; and as he trow dem out, B’rer Rabbit run, pick um all up quick, and eat every one. B’rer Wolf was very vex when he find out B’rer Rabbit cunning to git dem all for himself, so he run to try and catch him. B’rer Rabbit run up in a tree. B’rer Wolf told B’rer Coutah to mind B’rer Rabbit, while he went home to bring an axe to cut down de tree, to catch B’rer Rabbit. When he was gone, B’rer Rabbit say, “Oh, B’rer Coutah; someting so pretty in dis tree. Look up, you will see it.”

B’rer Coutah raise him eye, and B’rer Rabbit trow dirt in um. B’rer Coutah run to de riber to wash de dirt out. When B’rer Wolf come back, he cut down de tree, but B’rer Rabbit done gone. B’rer Wolf was dat mad be did n’t know what for do; so he run to look for B’rer Coutah, and found him at de riber, washing de dirt of him eye. B’rer Wolf been tek an axe and cut off him tail. Dat’s de reason Coutah tail short to die day.

B’RER DEER AND B’RER COUTAH.

Once upon a time B’rer Deer and B’rer Coutah was courtin’, and de lady been lub B’rer Deer more so dan B’rer Coutah. She did