Week 7 Extra Credit Reading: Brer Rabbit, Part A

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Mr. Fox Tackles Old Man Tarrypin:
  • Brer Fox says both eyes of Brer Terrapin are red
  • red from being in a fire
  • literally sat in fire and let smoke go into eyes and fire scorch back
  • did not burn off his tail because it was in his shell
  • terrapin went into river and fox had to grab tail to save him--let him drown

The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story:
  • Brer Fox went to get tar and make a contraption called Tar-Baby
  • Rabbit went down road and hid from Fox
  • saw Tar-Baby and was astonished
  • went up to Tar-Baby and tried to talk while Fox hid
  • Rabbit frustrated bc he wouldn't talk--kept trying to get it to talk until finally hit the baby--got stuck to tar
  • head butted him but head got stuck too
  • Fox came up dying of laughter
How Mr. Rabbit Was Too Sharp for Mr. Fox:
  • Fox built fire to get Rabbit off of Tar-Baby
  • couldn't get rabbit over flames but Rabbit was scared he'd fling him into briar patch
  • rabbit begged for any punishment except briar patch
  • flung him into briar patch anyway but the rabbit got off just fine
Bibliography: Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris (1881).

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