"'Who dat laughin' un showin' der manners?'
"Nobody aint make no answer, un terreckerly Brer Rabbit holler out:
"'O kittle-cattle, kittle-cattle, whar yo' eyes?
Who ever see a Sook Calf snappin' at flies?'
"De hawn creeturs dey all look 'roun' un wonder w'at dat mean, but bimeby dey go on wid dey confab. 'T wa'n't long 'fo' a flea tuck'n bite Brer Wolf 'way up on de back er de neck, un 'fo' he know what he doin', he tuck'n squat right down un scratch hisse'f wid his behime foot."
"Enty!" exclaimed Daddy Jack.
"Dar you is!" said 'Tildy.
"Brer Rabbit, he tuck'n broke out in 'n'er big laugh un 'sturb um all, un den he holler out:
"'Scritchum-scratchum, lawsy, my laws!
Look at dat Sook Calf scratchin' wid claws!'
"Brer Wolf git mighty skeer'd, but none er de hawn creeturs aint take no notice un 'im, un 't wa'n't long 'fo' Brer Rabbit holler out ag'in:
"'Rinktum-tinktum, ride 'im on a rail!
Dat Sook Calf got a long bushy tail!'