The tar baby said nothing.
Then Brother Rabbit went right up close to the tar baby.
“Why don’t you answer me?” he shouted.
The tar baby said nothing.
“See here!” he shouted. “Have you no tongue? Speak, or I’ll hit you!”
The tar baby said nothing.
Brother Rabbit raised his right hand and—biff! his hand stuck fast.
“Here! What’s this?” he cried. “Let me go, or I’ll hit you again.”
The tar baby said nothing.
At that—blip! he hit the tar baby with the other hand. That stuck fast, too.