NIGHTS WITH UNCLE REMUS

CONTENTS


I. MR. FOX AND MISS GOOSE 3

II. FOX CATCHES MR. HORSE 7

III. BRER RABBIT AND THE LITTLE GIRL 11

IV. BRER FOX COPIES BRER RABBIT 14

V. BRER RABBIT'S ASTONISHING PRANK 18

VI. BRER RABBIT SECURES A MANSION 22

VII. MR. LION HUNTS FOR MR. MAN 27

VIII. THE STORY OF THE PIGS 31

IX. MR. BENJAMIN RAM AND HIS WONDERFUL FIDDLE 35

X. BRER RABBIT'S RIDDLE 41

XI. HOW MR. ROOSTER LOST HIS DINNER 49

XII. BRER RABBIT BREAKS UP A PARTY 53

XIII. BRER FOX, BRER RABBIT, AND KING DEER'S DAUGHTER 58

XIV. BRER TERRAPIN DECEIVES BRER BUZZARD 62

XV. BRER FOX COVETS THE QUILLS 66

XVI. HOW BRER FOX FAILED TO GET HIS GRAPES 70

XVII. BRER FOX FIGURES AS AN INCENDIARY 75

XVIII. A DREAM AND A STORY 79

XIX. THE MOON IN THE MILL-POND 83

XX. BRER RABBIT TAKES SOME EXERCISE 89

XXI. WHY BRER BEAR HAS NO TAIL 97

XXII. HOW BRER RABBIT FRIGHTENED HIS NEIGHBORS 100

XXIII. MR. MAN HAS SOME MEAT 105

XXIV. HOW BRER RABBIT GOT THE MEAT 108

XXV. AFRICAN JACK 112

XXVI. WHY THE ALLIGATOR'S BACK IS ROUGH 119

XXVII. BRER WOLF SAYS GRACE 123

XXVIII. SPIRITS, SEEN AND UNSEEN 129

XXIX. A GHOST STORY 134

XXX. BRER RABBIT AND HIS FAMOUS FOOT 141

XXXI. "IN SOME LADY'S GARDEN" 149

XXXII. BRER 'POSSUM GETS IN TROUBLE 156

XXXIII. WHY THE GUINEA-FOWLS ARE SPECKLED 162

XXXIV. BRER RABBIT'S LOVE-CHARM 166

XXXV. BRER RABBIT SUBMITS TO A TEST 170

XXXVI. BRER WOLF FALLS A VICTIM 174

XXXVII. BRER RABBIT AND THE MOSQUITOES 179

XXXVIII. THE PIMMERLY PLUM 185

XXXIX. BRER RABBIT GETS THE PROVISIONS 195

XL. "CUTTA CORD-LA!" 200

XLI. AUNT TEMPY'S STORY 204

XLII. THE FIRE-TEST 209

XLIII. THE CUNNING SNAKE 214

XLIV. HOW BRER FOX WAS TOO SMART 218

XLV. BRER WOLF GETS IN A WARM PLACE 225

XLVI. BRER WOLF STILL IN TROUBLE 229

XLVII. BRER RABBIT LAYS IN HIS BEEF SUPPLY 234

XLVIII. BRER RABBIT AND MR. WILDCAT 238

XLIX. MR. BENJAMIN RAM DEFENDS HIMSELF 245

L. BRER RABBIT PRETENDS TO BE POISONED 249

LI. MORE TROUBLE FOR BRER WOLF 253

LII. BRER RABBIT OUTDOES MR. MAN 256

LIII. BRER RABBIT TAKES A WALK 260

LIV. OLD GRINNY-GRANNY WOLF 263

LV. HOW WATTLE WEASEL WAS CAUGHT 267

LVI. BRER RABBIT TIES MR. LION 272

LVII. MR. LION'S SAD PREDICAMENT 276

LVIII. THE ORIGIN OF THE OCEAN 279

LIX. BRER RABBIT GETS BRER FOX'S DINNER 283

LX. HOW THE BEAR NURSED THE LITTLE ALLIGATORS 291

LXI. WHY MR. DOG RUNS BRER RABBIT 295

LXII. BRER WOLF AND THE HORNED CATTLE 298

LXIII. BRER FOX AND THE WHITE MUSCADINES 302

LXIV. MR. HAWK AND BRER BUZZARD 306

LXV. MR. HAWK AND BRER RABBIT 309

LXVI. THE WISE BIRD AND THE FOOLISH BIRD 312

LXVII. OLD BRER TERRAPIN GETS SOME FISH 315