"
"Don't you think that'll do jes as well, Dumps?" asked Diddie.
'Certingly!" replied Dumps. So Diddie drew her pencil through "Annie's
Visit," and wrote in its place,
"THE TAR BABY,"
and Chris began:
"Once pun a time, 'twuz er ole Rabbit an' er ole Fox and er ole Coon:
an' dey all lived close togedder; an' de ole Fox he had him er mighty
fine goober-patch, w'at he nuber 'low nobody ter tech; an' one mornin'
atter he git up, an' wuz er walkin' 'bout in his gyarden, he seed
tracks, an' he foller de tracks, an' he see wahr sumbody ben er
grabhin' uv his goobers. An' ev'y day he see de same thing; an' he
watch, an' he watch, an' he couldn't nubber catch nobody! an' he went,
he did, ter de Coon, and he sez, sezee, 'Brer Coon, dar's sumbody
stealin' uv my goobers.'
"'Well,' sez Brer Coon, sezee, 'I bet yer hit's Brer Rabbit.'
"'I lay I'll fix 'im,' sez Brer Fox; so he goes, he does, and he
tuck'n made er man out'n tar, an' he sot 'im, he did, right in de
middle uv de goober-patch. Well, sar, soon ez eber de moon riz, Brer
Rabbit, he stole out'n his house, and he lit right out fur dem
goobers; and by'mby he sees de tar man er stanin' dar, an' he hollers
out, 'Who's dat er stanin' dar an' er fixin' ter steal Brer Fox's
goobers?' Den he lis'en, and nobody nuver anser, and he 'gin ter git
mad, and he sez, sezee, 'Yer brack nigger you, yer better anser me wen
I speaks ter yer;' and wid dat he hault off, he did, and hit de tar
baby side de head, and his han' stuck fas' in de tar.
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