"Oh, yes," cried Budge, clapping his hands as a happy thought struck him. "He gets down the Bible—the great big Bible, you know—an' we all lay on the floor, an' he reads us stories out of it. There's David, an' Noah, an' when Christ was a little boy, an' Joseph, an' turn back Pharo's army hallelujah——"
"And what?"
"TurnbackPharo'sarmyhallelujah," repeated Budge. "Don't you know how Moses held his cane out over the Red Sea, an' the water went 'way up one side, an' 'way up the other side, and all the Isrulites went across? It's just the same thing as drown old Pharo's army hallelujah—don't you know."
"Budge," said I; "I suspect you of having, heard the Jubilee Singers."
"Oh, an' papa an' mamma sings us all those jubilee songs—there's 'Swing Low,' an' 'Roll Jordan,' an' 'Steal Away,' an' 'My Way's Cloudy,' an' 'Get on Board, Childuns,' an' lots. An' you can sing us every one of 'em."
"An' papa takes us in the woods and makesh us canes," said Toddie.
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"Yes," said Budge, "and where there's new houses buildin', he takes us up ladders."