[MR. LEOPARD FOOLS THE OTHER ANIMALS.]
"Now two animal get dis play, dah Lepped en all dem beef. All dem beef bin meet up fo' make play one evenin' tem w'en dem moon duh shine. Dey gadder 'roun de place, dey tie fench, dey buil' leelee ho'se inside de fench. De nex' evenin' tem dey play, dey beat de drum, dey dance all. Now ole Mr. Lepped, hangry duh ketch um, so he come do cunnie. Because he wan' fo' ketch dem beef fo' make he yeat dem, he lay down, he lay down flat; he no die, he do cunnie, he shut he yi, he make altogedder lek die.
"One of Lepped he pickin he come out play. W'en he run inside ho'se he look heen daddy, he 'fraid fo' true, he come close um leelee bit, he ax um, say:
"'Daddy, wey t'ing do yo'?'
Mr. Leopard fools the other animals.
"He no get answer; he pull one big cry, he run tell de odder pickin say:
"'Eh! M-o-nay! We daddy done die, we no get daddy to-day.'