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He come mighty nigh it, honey, sho's you born--Brer Fox did.  One day atter Brer Rabbit fool 'im wid dat calamus root, Brer Fox went ter wuk en got 'im some tar, en mix it wid some turkentime, en fix up a contrapshun w'at he call a Tar-Baby, en he tuck dish yer Tar-Baby en he sot 'er in de big road, en den he lay off in de bushes fer to see what de news wuz gwine ter be.  En he didn't hatter wait long, nudder, kaze bimeby here come Brer Rabbit pacin' down de road--lippity-clippity, clippity -lippity--dez ez sassy ez a jay-bird.  Brer Fox, he lay low.  Brer Rabbit come prancin' 'long twel he spy de Tar-Baby, en den he fotch up on his behime legs like he wuz 'stonished.  De Tar Baby, she sot dar, she did, en Brer Fox, he lay low.

 

 

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug97/remus/tar-baby.html

 

 


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