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MR. BEAR CATCHES OLD MR. BULL-FROG.H5B'ar tuck off down de road like a skeer'd mule, enBrer Rabbit, he come out en dry hisse'f in de sun, engo home ter his fambly same ez enny udder man."" The Bear didn't catch the Rabbit, then " ? inquiredthe little boy, sleepily."Jump up fum dar, honey ! "Remus, by way of reply.be settin' yer proppin' yo' eyeleds open."exclaimedUncle" I ain't got no time fer terXXIV.MR. BEAR CATCHES OLD MR. BULL-FROG."WELL, Uncle Remus," said the little boy, countingto see if he hadn't lost a marble somewhere, " theBear didn't catch the Rabbit after all, did he ? ""Now you talkin', honey," replied the old man,his earnest face breaking up intolittle eddies of smiles" now you talkin' sho. 'Tain't bin pronedinter noBrer B'ar fer ter kotch Brer Rabbit. Hit sorter likesettin' a mule fer ter trap a hummin'-bird. But BrerB'ar, he tuck'n got hisse'f inter some mo' trubble,w'ich it look like itmighty easy. Ef folks could makeder livin' longer gittin' inter trubble," continued theold man, looking curiously at the little boy, " ole MissFavers wouldn't be bodder'n yo' ma fer ter borry acup full er sugar eve'y now en den ;en it look like terme dat I knows a nigger dat wouldn't be squattin''roun' yer makin' dese yer fish-baskits."