Nights With Uncle Remus: Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation
Joel Chandler Harris
Paperback
(Forgotten Books, April 2, 2010)
NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS I MR. FOX AND MISS GOOSE: IT had been raining all day so that Uncle Remus found it impossible to go out. The storm had begun, the old man declared, just as the chickens were crowing for day, and it had continued almost without intermission. The dark gray clouds had blotted out the sun, and the leafless limbs of the tall oaks surrendered themselves drearily to the fantastic gusts that drove the drizz1e fitfully before them. The lady to whom Uncle Remus belonged had been thoughtful of the old man, and 'Tildy, the house-girl, had been commissioned to carry him his meals. This arrangement came to the knowledge of the little boy at supper time, and he lost no time in obtaining permission to accompany 'Tildy. Unde Hemus made a great demonstration over the thoughtful kindness of his "Miss Sally." "Ef she aint one blessid little woman," he said. in his simple fervent way, "den dey aint none un urn 'roun' in deze parts." 'Table of Contents CONTENTS; CBAPTEB P~G; I lIR Fox AND ~fISS GOOSE B; II BROTHER Fox CATCHES l:fR HORSE 8; III BROTHER llARBI1' AND THE LI'ITLE GIRL 12; IV How BROTHER Fox WAS TOO S~IART 17; V BnOTHER RABBIT'S AS-I'ONISIIING PRANK 21; VI B IiOTHER RABBIT HI:;Ct:RES A :MANSIO~ • 26; VII l1R LroN HUNTS FOR lIR lIAN SS; VIII TIlE SrOllY OP THE FIOS • 38; IX llR BENJA~nN HAM AND HIS "rONDERFUL F'IDDr; F • 44; X BROTHER RADBITtS RIDDLE 61; XI How llR ROOS'fER LOST HIS DINNER 66; XII BROTHER HABB[T BREAKS UP A PAR'l'Y 61; XIII BROTHER Fox, BROTHER RABBIT, AND KING; DEER'S DAUGHTER 68; XIV BROTHER TERRAPIN DBcy-rVES BROTHER Buz·; ZARD 74; XV BROTHER Fox COVETS THE QuILLS 79; XVI How BROTHER Fox FAILED TO GET HIS; GHAPES; XVII 11R Fox FIGURES AS AN INCENDIARY •; XVIII A DREUl A;D A STORY; XIX THE :100N IN THE )IILL-POND •; XX BROTHER RABBIT TAKES SO~IE EXERCISE; XXI WHY BROTHER BEAR lIAS NO TAIL ; 83; 90; 95; 100; 108; 113; CONTENTS; XXII How BROTHER RABBIT FRIGHTENED HIS; N EIGIIDOR