Monkey say:—"I have dem so till I can't count dem to you, for dem dé all over me body."
Annancy say:—"Me no have much, only two, one fe me an' one fe me friend."
One day Monkey was travelling an' was going to pass where Tiger live. Annancy was working on that same road.
As Monkey passing, Tiger was into a stone-hole an' jump out on the fellah an' catch him. All his sense was gone, no sense to let him get 'way. Tiger was so glad, have him before him well ready to kill.
Here come the clever man Mr. Annancy.
When he saw his friend Monkey in the hand of such a wicked man he was frighten, but he is going to use his sense.
He said:—"Marnin', Bro'er Tiger, I see you catch dat fellah; I was so glad to see you hold him so close in hand. You must eat him now. But before you eat him take you two hand an' cover you face an' kneel down with you face up to Massa God an' say, 'T'ank God fe what I goin' to receive.'"
An' so Tiger do.
An' by the time Tiger open his eyes Monkey an' Annancy was gone.
When they get to a distant Annancy said to Monkey:—"T'ink you say you have sense all over you 'kin, why you no been get 'way when Bro'er Tiger catch you?"