and then comes backfor another. It is a very long trip to take withone kernel of corn, but Brer Jay Bird doesntseem to mind. Ol Miss Guinea Hen was almost the busiestof the whole company, for she was laying eggs.As soon as ever she had laid one she would get up 12 Happy Holidays on a low branch and… … Brer Rabbit pounded on his slew-pan with his soup-ladle market-basket. Then he cooked the things overa fire in back in the bushes, and when it got to belate in the afternoon, he spread a tablecloth on abig stump and then he pounded on his stew-panwith his soup-ladle. Suppers ready, saidBrer Rabbit.…
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