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It begins: NEGRO MYTHS --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/1/page/2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Negro myths from the Georgia coast, to…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/) / Opening, part 1 # Opening, part 1 · page 2 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/1/) **2** One day Buh Deer bin a laugh at Buh Cooter becase eh walk so slow.[229](../../229/ "tree and pragmatics") Den Buh Cooter, him git mad, an eh tell Buh Deer dat ef eh does slow eh hab de bes win, an eh bet Buh Deer eh could beat um to de fibe mile pose.[230](../../230/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Deer, him smile an tuk de bet.[231](../../231/ "tree and pragmatics") Dey gree on nex Monday week fur run de race.[232](../../232/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Cooter, him call togedder him fren an tole um bout de bet an wen de race fur run.[233](../../233/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh gaged fibe er um fur help um.[234](../../234/ "tree and pragmatics") Deese yer Cooter am all so much like one anurrer you cant tell one from turrer.[235](../../235/ "tree and pragmatics") So day all come inter cohoot an conclude to fool Buh Deer.[236](../../236/ "tree and pragmatics") One gone to de fus mile pose on de big road.[237](../../237/ "tree and pragmatics") Anurrer gone to de nex mile pose, an anurrer to de nex: so dat on de day wen de race fur run, Buh Cooter hab a fren at ebery mile pose.[238](../../238/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Deer nebber bin know nuttne bout dis plan.[239](../../239/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen de time come fur run de race, Buh Deer an Buh Cooter bofe stat off togedder.[240](../../240/ "tree and pragmatics") Befo you kin tun roun Buh Deer done gone out uh sight, an lef Buh Cooter in de middle er de road duh laugh to isself.[241](../../241/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen Buh Deer git to de fus mile pose, day was Buh Cooter day head er um.[242](../../242/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Deer couldnt tell how dat happn.[243](../../243/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh men eh pace.[244](../../244/ "tree and pragmatics") At de nex mile pose day was Buh Cooter a crawlin along.[245](../../245/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Deer git mad.[246](../../246/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh lay isself out ter eh berry lenk, but befo eh ketch de nex mile pose eh meet Buh Cooter in de road dis a passin er dat pose.[247](../../247/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Deer jump clean ober um an mek fur de nex mile pose.[248](../../248/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh yent bin want fur bleeve eh own yeye wen eh see Buh Cooter dere done git head er um agin.[249](../../249/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh so mad eh try fuh kick Buh Cooter outer de road, an eh straighten fur de las mile pose.[250](../../250/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen eh git day, eh meet Buh Cooter puffin an er blowin an a leanin up gin de pose duh laugh at um.[251](../../251/ "tree and pragmatics") An dat de way Buh Cooter fool Buh Deer an win de bet.[252](../../252/ "tree and pragmatics") FOOTNOTES:[253](../../253/ "tree and pragmatics") \[1\] Land Terrapin.[254](../../254/ "tree and pragmatics") \[2\] This and two preceding \_Myths\_ first published in Augusta, Ga., \_Chronicle and Constitutionalist\_ of March 11, 1883.[255](../../255/ "tree and pragmatics") IV.[256](../../256/ "tree and pragmatics") BUH WOLF, BUH RABBIT, AN DE TAR BABY.[257](../../257/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf and Buh Rabbit, dem bin lib nabur.[258](../../258/ "tree and pragmatics") De dry drout come.[259](../../259/ "tree and pragmatics") Ebry ting stew up.[260](../../260/ "tree and pragmatics") Water scace.[261](../../261/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf dig one spring fuh him fuh git water.[262](../../262/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit, him too lazy an too scheemy fuh wuk fuh isself.[263](../../263/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh pen pon lib off tarruh people.[264](../../264/ "tree and pragmatics") Ebry day, wen Buh Wolf yent duh watch um, eh slip to Buh Wolf spring, an eh full him calabash long water an cah um to eh house fuh cook long and fuh drink.[265](../../265/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf see Buh Rabbit track, but eh couldnt ketch um duh tief de water.[266](../../266/ "tree and pragmatics") One day eh meet Buh Rabbit in de big road, an eh ax um how eh mek out fur water.[267](../../267/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit say him no casion fuh hunt water: him lib off de jew on de grass.[268](../../268/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf quire: “Enty you blan tek water outer me spring?”[269](../../269/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit say: “Me yent.”[270](../../270/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf say: “You yis, enty me see you track?”[271](../../271/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit mek answer: “Yent me gone to you spring.[272](../../272/ "tree and pragmatics") Must be some edder rabbit.[273](../../273/ "tree and pragmatics") Me nebber bin nigh you spring.[274](../../274/ "tree and pragmatics") Me dunno way you spring day.”[275](../../275/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf no question um no mo; but eh know say eh bin Buh Rabbit fuh true, an eh fix plan fuh ketch um.[276](../../276/ "tree and pragmatics") De same ebenin eh mek Tar Baby, an eh gone an set um right in de middle er de trail wuh lead to de spring, an dist in front er de spring.[277](../../277/ "tree and pragmatics") Soon a mornin Buh Rabbit rise an tun in fuh cook eh bittle.[278](../../278/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh pot biggin fuh bun.[279](../../279/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit say: “Hey! me pot duh bun.[280](../../280/ "tree and pragmatics") Lemme slip to Buh Wolf spring an git some water fuh cool um.”[281](../../281/ "tree and pragmatics") So eh tek eh calabash an hop off fuh de spring.[282](../../282/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen eh ketch de spring, eh see de Tar Baby duh tan dist een front er de spring.[283](../../283/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh stonish.[284](../../284/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh stop.[285](../../285/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh come close.[286](../../286/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh look at um.[287](../../287/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh wait fur um fuh mobe.[288](../../288/ "tree and pragmatics") De Tar Baby yent notice um.[289](../../289/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh yent wink eh yeye.[290](../../290/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh yent say nuttne.[291](../../291/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh yent mobe.[292](../../292/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit, him say: “Hey titter, enty you guine tan one side an lemme git some water?”[293](../../293/ "tree and pragmatics") De Tar Baby no answer.[294](../../294/ "tree and pragmatics") Den Buh Rabbit say: “Leely Gal, mobe, me tell you, so me kin dip some water outer de spring long me calabash.”[295](../../295/ "tree and pragmatics") De Tar Baby wunt mobe.[296](../../296/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit say: “Enty you know me pot duh bun?[297](../../297/ "tree and pragmatics") Enty you know me hurry?[298](../../298/ "tree and pragmatics") Enty you yeddy me tell you fuh mobe?[299](../../299/ "tree and pragmatics") You see dis han?[300](../../300/ "tree and pragmatics") Ef you dont go long and lemme git some water, me guine slap you ober.”[301](../../301/ "tree and pragmatics") De Tar Baby stan day.[302](../../302/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit haul off an slap um side de head.[303](../../303/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh han fastne.[304](../../304/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit try fuh pull eh hand back, an eh say: “Wuh you hole me han fuh?[305](../../305/ "tree and pragmatics") Lemme go.[306](../../306/ "tree and pragmatics") Ef you dont loose me, me guine box de life outer you wid dis tarruh han.”[307](../../307/ "tree and pragmatics") De Tar Baby yent crack eh teet.[308](../../308/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit hit um, bim, wid eh tarruh han.[309](../../309/ "tree and pragmatics") Dat han fastne too same luk tudder.[310](../../310/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit say: “Wuh you up teh?[311](../../311/ "tree and pragmatics") Tun me loose.[312](../../312/ "tree and pragmatics") Ef you dont leggo me right off, me guine knee you.”[313](../../313/ "tree and pragmatics") De Tar Baby hole um fas.[314](../../314/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit skade an bex too.[315](../../315/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh faid Buh Wolf come ketch um.[316](../../316/ "tree and pragmatics") Wen eh fine eh cant loosne eh han, eh kick de Tar Baby wid eh knee.[317](../../317/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh knee fastne.[318](../../318/ "tree and pragmatics") Yuh de big trouble now.[319](../../319/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit skade den wus den nebber.[320](../../320/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh try fuh skade de Tar Baby.[321](../../321/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh say: “Leely Gal, you better mine who you duh fool long.[322](../../322/ "tree and pragmatics") Me tell you, fuh de las time, tun me loose.[323](../../323/ "tree and pragmatics") Ef you dont loosne me han an me knee right off, me guine bus you wide open wid dis head.”[324](../../324/ "tree and pragmatics") De Tar Baby hole um fas.[325](../../325/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh yent say one wud.[326](../../326/ "tree and pragmatics") Den Buh Rabbit butt de Tar Baby een eh face.[327](../../327/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh head fastne same fashion luk eh han an eh knee.[328](../../328/ "tree and pragmatics") Yuh de ting now.[329](../../329/ "tree and pragmatics") Po Buh Rabbit done fuh.[330](../../330/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh fastne all side.[331](../../331/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh cant pull loose.[332](../../332/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh gib up.[333](../../333/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh bague.[334](../../334/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh cry.[335](../../335/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh holler.[336](../../336/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf yeddy um.[337](../../337/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh run day.[338](../../338/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh hail Buh Rabbit: “Hey, Budder! wuh de trouble?[339](../../339/ "tree and pragmatics") Enty you tell me you no blan wisit me spring fuh git water?[340](../../340/ "tree and pragmatics") Who calabash dis?[341](../../341/ "tree and pragmatics") Wuh you duh do yuh anyhow?”[342](../../342/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit so condemn eh yent hab one wud fuh talk.[343](../../343/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf, him say: “Nummine, I done ketch you dis day.[344](../../344/ "tree and pragmatics") I guine lick you now.”[345](../../345/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit bague.[346](../../346/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh bague.[347](../../347/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh prommus nebber fuh trouble Buh Wolf spring no mo.[348](../../348/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf laugh at um.[349](../../349/ "tree and pragmatics") Den eh tek an loose Buh Rabbit from de Tar Baby, an eh tie um teh one spakleberry bush, an eh git switch an eh lick um tel eh tired.[350](../../350/ "tree and pragmatics") All de time Buh Rabbit bin a bague an a holler.[351](../../351/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf yent duh listne ter um, but eh keep on duh pit de lick ter um.[352](../../352/ "tree and pragmatics") At las Buh Rabbit tell Buh Wolf: “Dont lick me no mo.[353](../../353/ "tree and pragmatics") Kill me one time.[354](../../354/ "tree and pragmatics") Mek fire an bun me up.[355](../../355/ "tree and pragmatics") Knock me brains out gin de tree.”[356](../../356/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf mek answer: “Ef I bun you up, ef I knock you brains out, you guine dead too quick.[357](../../357/ "tree and pragmatics") Me guine trow you in de brier patch, so de brier kin cratch you life out.”[358](../../358/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit say: “Do Buh Wolf, bun me: broke me neck, but dont trow me in de brier patch.[359](../../359/ "tree and pragmatics") Lemme dead one time.[360](../../360/ "tree and pragmatics") Dont tarrify me no mo.”[361](../../361/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Wolf yent bin know wuh Buh Rabbit up teh.[362](../../362/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh tink eh bin guine tare Buh Rabbit hide off.[363](../../363/ "tree and pragmatics") So, wuh eh do?[364](../../364/ "tree and pragmatics") Eh loose Buh Rabbit from de spakleberry bush, an eh tek um by de hine leg, and eh swing um roun, an eh trow um way in de tick brier patch fuh tare eh hide an cratch eh yeye out.[365](../../365/ "tree and pragmatics") De minnit Buh Rabbit drap in de brier patch, eh cock up eh tail, eh jump, an eh holler back to Buh Wolf: “Good bye, Budder\![366](../../366/ "tree and pragmatics") Dis de place me mammy fotch me up,--dis de place me mammy fotch me up:” an eh gone befo Buh Wolf kin ketch um.[367](../../367/ "tree and pragmatics") Buh Rabbit too scheemy.[368](../../368/ "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/1/) **2** - ← previous: [page 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg76586/1/) - next →: [Opening, part 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