XVIII.

BUH MONKEY AN DE BULL-DOG.

Ebry body cept Buh Monkey bin full er trouble. On ebry side you yeddy nuttne cept bout trouble. Trouble yuh, trouble day, trouble ebry way. Buh Monkey tell eh wife eh wonder wuh dis ting duh wuh ebry body bin a talk bout, an wuh dem all duh call trouble. Him say him cant tell. Den Buh Monkey mek up eh mine fuh go teh de Debble, an fine out from um. Eh gone. Eh ketch de Debble duh eat eh brukwus; an eh ax um huccum ebry body hab trouble cept him. An eh leh de Debble know say him wan fine out wuh dis ting duh wuh bin a bodder ebry body, an wuh ebry body call trouble. De Debble tell um fuh go een de kitchin an wait topper um, an wen eh done eh brukwus him will come out an mek um sensible bout dis ting wuh call trouble. Buh Monkey gone ter de kitchin, an tek one chair an mek ehself saterfy. Eh jaw duh run water, fuh eh tink ter ehself de Debble guine gem some nice brukwus. Eh wait day sich a lenk er time, an no brukwus come. Den de Debble come outer de big house duh fetch er bag een eh han. De bag done tie up. Eh gen de bag ter Buh Monkey, an eh tell um: “Trouble day een dis yer bag. You cahr um tel you git een de middle er de ole fiel, an den you open um, an you guine fine out wuh call trouble.” Big fiel bin all roun an roun de house. Not a tree nur a stump bin in dat fiel. Buh Monkey tek de bag. Eh hebby. Eh state fuh home duh tote um. Eh tired befo eh retch de middle er de fiel. Wen eh ketch de middle er de fiel, eh top, an eh onloose de bag. Bless God! out jump one Bull-Dog, an eh tek right arter Buh Monkey. Eh run. Eh run. Eh holler. Eh holler. De Dog day right arter um duh try fuh bite um. Wen Buh Monkey git ter de wood, eh state fuh clime de fus tree eh come teh. De Dog so close behine um eh snap at um an bite off eh tail. Buh Monkey leff eh tail een de dog mouf, an gone up de tree. Eh fine one crotch, an eh seddown duh pant an der cry. Eh skade so tell eh scacely kin keep eh seat. Eh tail duh bleed. De Dog sed down onder de tree, an watch um, an wait fur um fuh come down. Buh Monkey faid fuh come down. Ebry time dat Buh Monkey mek motion fuh come down, de Dog show eh teet an growl. Night come, and Buh Monkey, him day up de tree. Eh fine out fuh true wuh call trouble. Eh dat tired, an sore, an skade, eh dunno wuh fuh do. Bout middle der night de Dog hongry, an gone home fuh eat eh bittle. Buh Monkey slip down de tree an mek track fuh him house. Wen eh meet eh wife an chillun, an show um eh tail wuh bite off, an tell um wuh eh bin tru, dem all mek er great miration, an dem all conclude dem know nuff bout trouble, an yent want see um no mo. Bad plan fuh people fuh hunt trouble wen trouble yent der hunt dem.