NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS

BROTHER RABBIT AND MISS MEADOWS.

NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS BY JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS AUTHOR OF " UNCLE REMUS." (COPYRIGHT) LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS Limited BROADWAY HOUSE, CARTER LANE, E.G.

NOTE To give a cue to the imagination of the reader, fi may be necessary to state that the stories related in this volume are supposed to be told to a little boy on a Southern plantation, before the war, by an old family servant.

CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION L MR. FOX AND MISS GOOSE.,.. II. BROTHER FOX CATCHES MR. HORSE III. BROTHER RABBIT AND THE LITTLE GIRL IV. HOW BROTHER FOX WAS TOO SMART. V. BROTHER RABBIT'S ASTONISHING PRANK. VI. BROTHER RABBIT SECURES A MANSION VII. MR. LION HUNTS FOR MR. MAN VIII. THE STORY OF THE PIGS IX. MR. BENJAMIN RAM AND HIS WONDERFUL FIDDLE X. BROTHER RABBIT's RIDDLE XI. HOW MR. ROOSTER LOST HIS DINNER XII. BROTHER RABBIT BREAKS UP A PARTY XIII, BROTHER FOX, BROTHER RABBIT, AND KING DEER'S DAUGHTER XIV. BROTHER TERRAPIN DECEIVES BROTHER BUZZARD XV. BROTHER FOX COVETS THE QUILLS XVI. HOW BROTHER FOX FAILED TO GET HIS GRAPES. XVII. MR. FOX FIGURES AS AN INCENDIARY XVIII. A DREAM AND A STORY..... XIX. THE MOON IN THE MILL-POND XX. BROTHER RABBIT TAKES SOME EXERCISE *3 27 30 35 38 42 47 50 54 60 64 67 72 77 80 84 89 92 97

vl Contents. XXI. WHY BROTHER BEAR HAS NO TAIL. XXIL HOW BROTHER RABBIT FRIGHTENED HIS NEIGHBOURS XXIII. MR. MAN HAS SOME MEAT.... XXIV. HOW BROTHER RABBIT GOT THE MEAT. XXV. AFRICAN JACK XXVI. WHY THE ALLIGATOR'S BACK IS ROUGH. XXVII. BROTHER WOLF SAYS GRACE XXVIII. SPIRITS SEEN AND UNSEEN.... XXIX. A GHOST STORY XXX. BROTHER RABBIT AND HIS FAMOUS FOOT XXXI. IN SOME lady's GARDEN.... XXXII. BROTHER 'POSSUM GETS IN TROUBLE XXXIII. WHY THE GUINEA-FOWLS ARE SPECKLED XXXIV. BROTHER RABBIT'S LOVE-CHARM XXXV. BROTHER RABBIT SUBMITS TO A TEST. XXXVI. BROTHER WOLF FALLS A VICTIM XXXVII. BROTHER RABBIT AND THE MOSQUITOES XXXVIII. THE PIMMERLY PLUM XXXIX. BROTHER RABBIT GETS THE PROVISIONS XL. "CUTTA CORD-LA!". •. XU. AUNT TEMPY's STORY XLII. THE FIRE TEST...... XLIII. THE CUNNING SNAKE... XLIV. HOW BROTHER FOX WAS TOO SMART XLV. BROTHER WOLF GETS IN A WARM PLACE. XLVI. BROTHER WOLF STILL IN TROUBLE. XLVU. BROTHER RABBIT LAYS IN HIS BEEF SUPPLY 107 no 114 117 120 126 130 136 140 144 162 167 170 178 191 199 204 208 212 3l8 221 225

Conte7its. vii rACHI XLVIII. BROTHER RABBIT AND MR. WILDCAT.. •«29 XLIX. MR. BENJAMIN RAM DEFENDS HIMSELF. ^SS L. BROTHER RABBIT PRETENDS TO BE POISONED. 237 U. MORE TROUBLE FOR BROTHER WOLF.. 240 -UI. BROTHER RABBIT OUTDOES MR. MAN.. 243 LIII. BROTHER RABBIT TAKES A WALK.. 247 LTV. OLD GRINNY-GRANNY WOLF.... 249 LV. HOW WATTLE WEASEL WAS CAUGHT.. 252 LVI. BROTHER RABBIT TIES MR. LION...257 LVII. MR. lion's sad PREDICAMENT.,. 260 LVIII. THE ORIGIN OF THE OCEAN....263 LIX. BROTHER RABBIT GETS BROTHER FOX'S DINNER 266 LX. HOW THE BEAR NURSED THE LITTLE ALLIGATOR 27O LXI..WHY MR. DOG RUNS BROTHER RABBIT..273 LXII. BROTHER WOLF AND THE HORNED CATTLE. 276 LXIII. BROTHER FOX AND THE WHITE MUSCADINES.279 LXIV. MR. HAWK AND BROTHER BUZZARD.. 282 LXV. MR. HAWK AND BROTHER RABBIT...285 LXVl. THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLISH BIRD. 288 LXVII. OLD BROTHER TERRAPIN GETS SOME FISH. 29O LXVIII. BROTHER FOX MAKES A NARROW ESCAPE. 293 LXIX. BROTHER FOX's FISH-TRAP.... 295 LXX. BROTHER RABBIT RESCUES BROTHER TARRYPIN 299 LXXI. THK NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.,.;^o6

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PAGB. BROTHER RABBIT AND MISS MEADOWS.., Front. BROTHER RABBIT AND MISS GOOSE.... 25 BROTHER RABBIT AND THE LITTLE GIRL •. '32 BROTHER rabbit's ASTONISHING PRANK * • • 39 MR. BENJAMIN RAM AND HIS WONDERFUL FIDDLE. 56 BROTHER FOX, BROTHER RABBIT, AND KING DEER'S DAUGHTER • •. • 73 BROTHER FOX COVETS THE QUILLS •,,, 82 UNCLE REMUS' DREAM 93 BROTHER RABBIT TAKES SOME EXERCISE,.. IO4 AFRICAN JACK •..121 BROTHER WOLF SAYS GRACE. • •. • 13' WHY THE GUINEA-FOWLS ARE SPECKLED, • 1 64 BROTHER RABBIT AND THE MOSQUITOES. •. 181 THE PIMMERLY PLUM. • • 9 « «.186