| “IS ANYBODY EVER HEAR DE BEAT ER DAT?” | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE |
| “So he holler down thoo de crack” | [34] |
| “‘Does you call dis good luck?’” | [36] |
| “Dey sot dar … talkin’ ’bout ol’ times” | [44] |
| “‘Git ’im use ter de bag’” | [48] |
| “‘Den you come on home; yo’ mammy want you’” | [50] |
| “Went off home des ez gayly ez a colt in a barley patch” | [80] |
| “‘Brer Rabbit, whar you gwine?’” | [82] |
| “Brer Fox, say, ‘Gents, … I wanter tell you dat I’m de swiffes’ one in dis bunch’” | [92] |
| “Mr. Elephant went splungin’ thoo de woods same ez a harrycane” | [96] |
| “So his ol’ ’oman went out ter de woodpile an’ got de ax” | [150] |
| “She dremp dat Brer Rabbit wuz laughin’ at ’er” | [152] |
| “Brer Deer went on fer ter tell Brer Rabbit” | [180] |
| “De beau got ter flingin’ his sass roun’ Brer Rabbit” | [272] |
| “De gal, she cry some, but dey went off an’ got married” | [274] |
| “Den he shuck a gourd-vine over de pot” | [286] |
| “De ax, it clum back on top er de woodpile an’ fell off on t’er side” | [290] |
| “Den she lit out atter de pot like she was runnin’ a foot-race” | [292] |