"De frog he fell slap on ter er big rock, an' bust his head all ter
pieces; an' Po' Nancy Jane O sunk down in de water an' got drownded;
an' dat's de een'."
"Did the king get the stone, Aunt Edy?" asked Dumps.
"Wy no, chile; don't yer know de mole he's blin' tell yit? ef'n he
could er got dat stone, he could er seen out'n his eyes befo' now. But
I ain't got no time ter fool 'long er you chil'en. I mus' git
marster's shuts done, I mus'."
And Aunt Edy turned to her ironing-table, as if she didn't care for
company; and Dumps and Tot, seeing that she was tired of them, went
back to the house, Tot singing,
"Who on-tied, who on-tied Po' Nanty Dane O?"
and Dumps answering back,
"Pig-un-a-wa-ya, Pig-un-a-wa-ya, hooo-hooo!"
CHAPTER X
PLANTATION GAMES
"MAMMY, the quarter folks are goin' ter play to-night; can't we go
look at 'em?" pleaded Diddie one Saturday evening, as Mammy was busy
sorting out the children's clothes and putting them away.
"Yer allers want ter be 'long er dem quarter-folks," said Mammy. "Dem
ain't de 'soshuts fur you chil'en."
"We don't want ter 'soshate with 'em, Mammy; we only want ter look at
'em play 'Monkey Moshuns' and 'Lipto' and 'The Lady You Like Best,'
and hear Jim pick the banjo, and see 'em dance; can't we go? PLEASE!
It's warm weather now, an' er moonshiny night; can't we go?"
And Diddie placed one arm around Mammy's neck, and laid the other
little hand caressingly on her cheek; and Mammy, after much
persuasion, agreed to take them, if they would come home quietly when
she wanted them to.
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