XXI.

LEELY GAL, BUH ALLIGATUR, AN DE JAY-BUD.

A leely Gal bin a gwine home. Eh come ter de ribber bank, an no boat day fuh him fuh git cross. Eh dunno wuffer do. Eh seddown. Eh cry. Day binner gwine. Alligatur yeddy um, an eh come day, an eh ax de leely Gal wuh de matter. De leely Gal tell um. Den de Alligatur say: “Ef you prommus no fuh tell who cahr you ober de ribber, me will pit you cross.” De leely Gal prommus, an de Alligatur tek um on eh back and ferry um ober all safe.

De nex day de Alligatur duh sun ehself on de ribber bank, an eh yeddy er woice say: “Yaller-belly Alligatur ferry me ober. Yaller-belly Alligatur ferry me ober.” Eh listne. Eh tink say de leely Gal bin a talk, an dat eh bin broke eh prommus. Eh notus close, an wen eh yeddy de woice gen eh see er Blue-Jay bin er talk um een de tree. Dat same Blue-Jay bin day de ebenin befo, an bin er see an er yeddy all wuh happne, but de leely Gal an de Alligatur nebber bin know.

De Jay-Bud keep a holler: “Yaller-belly Alligatur ferry me ober.” De Alligatur call to de Jay-Bud, an eh quire: “Wudder dat you say?” An de Jay-Bud keep a sing: “Yaller-belly Alligatur ferry me ober.” Alligatur, him say: “Me hard er yearin. Come close, so me kin yeddy you song.” De Bud fly down dist by Buh Alligatur, an eh sing gen: “Yaller-belly Alligatur ferry me ober.” Buh Alligatur yeddy um berry well, but eh so bex say de Bud done fine out, an der talk eh secret, dat eh want fuh kill um sho. So eh say gen: “Me tell you me deef; come close; set on me nose, so me kin yeddy wuh you duh sing.” De fool Bud come an light on eh nose, an eh holler gen: “Yaller-belly Alligatur ferry me ober.” De wud yent leff eh mouf befo Buh Alligatur trow open him mouf an ketch um, an chaw de life outer um.

Bad plan fur stranger fuh meddle long tarruh people bidness.