So's that he'd keep his breeches fer to use another
day.
An' purty soon I listened an' I heard the bear
a-coughin',
An' he sneezed an' bellered out as if he guessed he'd
be excused.
All t' once he bust out an' the rifle give a yell,
An' I wouldn't wonder if he thought—"
The narrator was halted for half a moment by another frog in his throat—as he explained. Then he went on:
"An' Zeb he tore away an' took an' fastened on the