Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 173 pages of information about Diddie, Dumps, and Tot .

Diddie, Dumps, and Tot : Or, Plantation Child-Life eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 173 pages of information about Diddie, Dumps, and Tot .

“Well, mun, in er few days de whole yearth wuz er movin’; eb’ything dar wuz in de lan’ wuz er gwine.

“Some wuz er hoppin’ an’ some wuz er crawlin’ an’ some wuz er flyin’, jes ‘cord’n to dey natur’; de birds dey ‘lowed ter git dar fus’, on ‘count er fly’n so fas’; but den de little stone wuz in de water, an’ dey’d hatter wait till de crick run down, so ’twuz jes ’bout broad ez ’twuz long.

“Well, wile dey wuz all er gwine, an, de birds wuz in de lead, one day dey hyeard sump’n gwine f-l-u-shsh—­ f-l-u-shsh—­ an’ sump’n streaked by like lightnin’, and dey look way erhead, dey did, an’ dey seed Nancy Jane O. Den dey hearts ‘gun ter sink, an’ dey gin right up, caze dey knowed she’d out-fly eb’ything on de road.  An’ by’mby de crow, wat wuz allers er cunin’ bird, sez, ’I tell yer wat we’ll do; we’ll all gin er feas’,’ sezee, ‘an’ git Nancy Jane O ter come, an’ den we’ll all club togedder an’ tie her,’ sezee.

“Dat took dey fancy, an’ dey sont de lark on erhead fur ter catch up wid Nancy Jane O, an’ ter ax’ er ter de feas’.  Well, mun, de lark he nearly kill hese’f er flyin’.  He flew an’ he flew an’ he flew, but pyear’d like de fas’er he went de furder erhead wuz Nancy Jane O.

“But Nancy Jane O, bein’ so fur er start uv all de res’, an’ not er dreamin’ ‘bout no kin’ er develment, she ‘lowed she’d stop an’ take er nap, an’ so de lark he come up wid ’er, wile she wuz er set’n on er sweet-gum lim’, wid ’er head un’er ‘er wing.  Den de lark spoke up, an’ sezee, ‘Sis Nancy Jane O,’ sezee, ’we birds is gwinter gin er bug feas’, caze we’ll be sho’ ter win de race anyhow, an’ bein’ ez we’ve flew’d so long an’ so fur, wy we’re gwine ter stop an’ res’ er spell, an’ gin er feas’.  An’ Brer Crow he ’lowed ‘twouldn’ be no feas’ ’tall les’n you could be dar; so dey sont me on ter tell yer to hol’ up tell dey come:  dey’s done got seeds an’ bugs an’ wums, an’ Brer Crow he’s gwine ter furnish de corn.’

“Nancy Jane O she ’lowed ter herse’f she could soon git erhead uv ’em ergin, so she ‘greed ter wait; an’ by’mby hyear day come er flyin’.  An’ de nex’ day dey gin de feas’; an’ wile Nancy Jane O wuz er eatin’ an’ er stuffun’ herse’f wid wums an’ seeds, an’ one thing er nudder, de blue jay he slope up behin’ ‘er, an’ tied ‘er fas’ ter er little bush.  An’ dey all laft an’ flopped dey wings; an’ sez dey, ’Good-bye ter yer, Sis Nancy Jane O. I hope yer’ll enjoy yerse’f,’ sez dey; an’ den dey riz up an’ stretched out dey wings, an’ away dey flewed.

“Wen Po’ Nancy Jane O seed de trick wat dey played her, she couldn’ hardly stan’ still, she wuz so mad; an’ she pulled an’ she jerked an’ she stretched ter git er loose, but de string wuz so strong, an’ de bush wuz so fum, she wuz jes er was’en ‘er strengt’.  An’ den she sot down, an’ she ‘gun ter cry ter herse’f, an’ ter sing,

  “‘Please on-tie, please on-tie Po’ Nancy Jane O! 
    Please on-tie, please on-tie Po’ Nancy Jane O!’

An’ atter er wile hyear come de ole bullfrog Pigunawaya.  He sez ter hisse’f, sezee, ‘Wat’s dat I hyear?  Den he lis’en, an’ he hyear sump’n gwine,

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