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22 LEGENDS OF THE OLD PLANTATION.gwine on dat nobody ain't hear it, 'ceppin may be deMud Turkic en de Spring Lizzud, en dere enfloons wuzpow'ful lackin'." Bimeby, w'iles de Nunicorn wuz 'sputin' wid deLion, en w'ile de Hyener wuz a laughin' ter hisse'f, deElephent squshed anudder one er de Crawfishes, en alittle mo'n he'd er ruint de Mud Turkic. Den de Crawfishes,w'at dey wuz lef un um, swarmed tergedder endraw'd up anudder peramble wid sum mo' wharfo'es ;but dey might ez well er sung Ole Dan Tucker ter aharrycane. De udder creeturs wuz too busy wid derfussin' fer ter 'spon' unto de Crawfishes. So dar deywuz, de Crawfishes, en dey didn't know w'at minnitwuz gwineter be de nex' ;en dey kep' on gittin madderen madder en skeerder en skeerder, twel bimeby deygun de wink ter de Mud Turkic en de Spring Lizzud,en den dey bo'd little holes in de groun' en went downouter sight.""Who did, Uncle Kemus ? " asked the littleboy." De Crawfishes, honey. Dey bo'd inter de groun'en kep' on bo'in twel dey onloost de fountains er deearf ;en de waters squirt out, en riz higher en highertwel de hills wuz kivvered, en de creeturs wuz alldrownded ;en all bekaze dey let on 'mong deyselvesdat dey wuz bigger dan de Crawfishes."Then the old man blew the ashes from a smokingyam, and proceeded to remove the peeling.