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    Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
    Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
    Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit
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    Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit

    By Joel Chandler Harris

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    Uncle Remus is the fictional title character and narrator of a collection of African-American folktales adapted and compiled by Joel Chandler Harris, published in book form in 1881. A journalist in post-Reconstruction Atlanta, Georgia, Harris produced seven Uncle Remus books.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publisheranboco
    Release dateAug 28, 2016
    ISBN9783736408265

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      Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit - Joel Chandler Harris

      Table of Contents

      UNCLE REMUS and BRER RABBIT By Joel Chandler Harris

      THE CREETURS GO TO THE BARBECUE

      BRER RABBIT’S FROLIC

      BROTHER BEAR’S BIG HOUSE

      BRER RABBIT TREATS THE CREETURS TO A RACE

      BRER RABBIT’S FLYING TRIP

      BRER RABBIT AND THE GOLD MINE

      BRER RABBIT GETS BRER FOX A HOSS

      BRER RABBIT FINDS THE MOON IN THE MILL POND

      HOW MR. LION LOST HIS WOOL

      HOW BRER RABBIT GOT A HOUSE

      BRER RABBIT AND THE PARTRIDGE NEST

      UNCLE REMUS and BRER RABBIT

      By Joel Chandler Harris

      THE CREETURS GO TO THE BARBECUE

      Once ’pon a time, said Uncle Remus to the little boy—But when was once upon a time? the child interrupted to ask. The old man smiled. I speck ’twuz one time er two times, er maybe a time an’ a half. You know when Johnny Ashcake ’gun ter bake? Well, ’twuz ’long in dem days. Once ’pon a time, he resumed, "Mr. Man had a gyarden so fine dat all de neighbors come ter see it. Some ’ud look at it over de fence, some ’ud peep thoo de cracks, an’ some ’ud come an’ look at it by de light er de stars. An’ one un um wuz ol’ Brer Rabbit; starlight, moonlight, cloudlight, de nightlight wuz de light fer him. When de turn er de mornin’ come, he ’uz allers up an’ about, an’ a-feelin’ purty well I thank you, suh!

      Now, den, you done hear what I say. Dar wuz Mr. Man, yander wuz de gyarden, an’ here wuz ol’ Brer Rabbit. Uncle Remus made a map of this part of the story by marking in the sand with his walking-cane. "Well, dis bein’ de case, what you speck gwineter happen? Nothin’ in de roun’ worl’ but what been happenin’ sence greens an’ sparrer-grass wuz planted in de groun’. Dey look fine an’ dey tas’e fine, an’ long to’rds de shank er de mornin’, Brer Rabbit ’ud creep thoo de crack er de fence an’ nibble at um. He’d take de greens, but leave his

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