“Go on, Mammy,” they both urged.
“Well, Abe an’ de uth’r two boys fotch him up sta’rs an’ lay him on his ma’s baid. Dey lef’ him er minute ter go git some cam’fer, an’ when dey come back, dar sot er crow on de haid er de baid tellin’ de boy:
“‘Go foll’r de light,
Don’ feer ter fight,
An’ yer’ll git er bag er gole!’
“He git up, he do, an’ go out de do’, but hit’s s’ dark he tell de crow he can’t see how ter git erlong. Jes den Jacky-Lantern flash up an’ say:
“‘Foll’r me, sonny,
I got de money.’
“De boy run up ter de light, but hit go out jes es he git clost up ter hit. He say: ‘Hole on dar, whar yer takin’ me?’ Jacky-Lantern say
“‘Foll’r me, sonny,
I got de money.’
“Johnny Squinch Owel fly b’fo’ him an’ say:
“‘Unch-oo, unch-oo,
Doanchu go, doanchu go!’
“Boy tell him, ‘Git out’n m’ way, Johnny, I’m atter money—I ain’ got no time ter talk ter you.’