“Mama, cut de rope! mama, cut de rope!”
And she cut the rope and Bredder Tiger fell and broke his neck. Bredder Nansi tak him and have him now for him dinner. They couldn’t eat Bredder Nansi at all; him was the smartest one of all.
b. Rabbit and Children going up to Heaven.
William Saunders, Mandeville.
Once de Rabbit an’ chil’ren was going up to Heaven. Dey was singin’ dat dey goin’ up to Heaven t’-day, an’ Brar Anansi want to go along wid dem to have a feed. Having got in de merit dey sing,
“Mammy an’ Harry,
Pull up de merit, pull up de merit!”
An’ when Anansi quite away on de journey was goin’ up to heaven, he was singin’,
“Pull up de merit, pull up de merit!”