XVII.

BUH BEAR AN BUH TIGER.

Buh Bear, him tired lib wid eh farruh an eh fambly, an eh tell eh farruh eh guine way fuh mek eh own libbin, an eh want um fuh gem wuhebber eh hab wuh cummin ter um from de fambly property. Eh farruh an eh murrer try fuh swade um fuh stay long dem, but eh say eh mek up eh mine fuh go. Den eh farruh tell um eh yent hab nuttne fuh gem cept sebbn loaf er bread. Buh Bear, him berry disappint; but wen eh see eh yent guine git nuttne mo, eh gree fuh tek um. Eh farruh tell um: “De man wuh eat any er dat bread long you will hab fuh rastle long you fuh sebbn year.” Buh Bear cahr eh bread, an gone der wood, an mek camp fuh ehself. Wen eh bin er eat de bread, Buh Tiger come long an bague um fuh some. Buh Bear say: “Buh Tiger, ef you eat any er dis yer bread, you haffer rastle long me fuh sebbn year.” Buh Tiger, him answer: “Me willin: me hongry; gimme de bread.” Den Buh Bear gen um some, an eh eat um. Befo dem part Buh Tiger tell Buh Bear way him house yiz, and gree fuh rastle long um de nex mornin. Buh Bear say: “Berry well: me guine come ter you house by de time de sun git up, an you will haffer rastle long me.”

Soon a mornin Buh Bear gone ter Buh Tiger house an knock ter de do. Buh Tiger come out in er hurry, an dey graff hold er one anurrer. Buh Bear fling Buh Tiger; an befo eh leh um git up, eh box um side er de head.

Nex day Buh Bear come gen same time, and Buh Tiger meet um, an dem rastle, an Buh Bear fling um an hit um side er de head, same place way eh bin knock um de day befo. Nex day same ting. Nex day same ting. Nex day same ting. De six mornin, wen Buh Bear knock ter Buh Tiger do, Buh Tiger yent come out. Eh sen eh wife fuh say eh bin berry sick. Buh Bear say eh mus come out. Eh wife tell um; an arter Buh Tiger fine out Buh Bear yent guine leff, eh come out. Eh head swell way Buh Bear bin a box um. Buh Tiger look bad. Buh Bear hole um gen an eh trow um berry easy, an den eh box um gen in de same ole place sider eh head, way eh bin a knock um befo, an wuh swell. Eh hot Buh Tiger so bad eh holler. De nex mornin, wen Buh Bear come, Buh Tiger bin in eh bed. Eh head tie up, an eh wife bin a nuss um. Eh couldnt rastle long Buh Bear no mo. Buh Bear, him shame um, an mek um leff eh house. Den Buh Bear mobe in an mek ehself satify.

Buh Bear fine out dat de bread wuh eh farruh bin gen um, an wuh eh hardly bin want fuh tote long um, done um a heap er good, an git um er nice house fuh lib een.

“Wenebber,” added old Daddy Smart, “you farruh gie you anyting, tek um, an tenky. You suttenly will fine out dat wuh eh gie you will do you no harm, but eh will fetch good luck ter you.”