e O?'

An' de frog he holler back,

"'Pig-un-a-wa-ya, Pig-un-a-wa-ya, hooo-hooo!'

"Den, gemmun, yer oughten seed dat race; dem birds dey done dey leb'l
bes', but Nancy Jane O, spite er all dey could do, she gaint on 'em, an'
ole Pigunawaya he sot up dar, an' he kep' er urg'n an' er urg'n Nancy
Jane O.

"'Dat's you!' sezee; 'git erhead!' sezee. 'Now we're gwine it!' sezee;
an' pres'nly Nancy Jane O shot erhead clean befo' all de res'; an' wen
de birds dey seed dat de race wuz los', den dey all 'gun ter holler,

"'Who on-tied, who on-tied Po' Nancy Jane O?'

An' de frog, he turnt roun', he did, an' he wave his han' roun' his
head, an' he holler back,

"'Pig-un-a-wa-ya, Pig-un-a-wa-ya, hooo-hooo!'

"Atter Nancy Jane O got erhead er de birds, den de hardes' flyin' wuz
thu wid; so she jes went 'long, an' went 'long, kin' er easy like, tell
she got ter de stone; an' she lit on er' simmon-bush close ter de crick,
an' Pigunawaya he slipt off, he did, an' he hist up his feet, an' he gin
er jump, kerchug he went down inter de water; an' by'mby hyear he come
wid de stone in his mouf. Den he mount on Nancy Jane O, he did; an',
mun, she wuz so proud, she an' de frog bof, tell dey flew all roun' an'
roun', an' Nancy Jane O, she 'gun ter sing,

"' Who on-tied, who on-tied Po' Nancy Jane O?'

An' de frog he ans'er back,

"'Pig-un-a-wa-ya, Pig-un-a-wa-ya, hooo-hooo!'

"An' wile dey wuz er singin' an' er j'yin' uv deyselves, hyear come de
birds; an' de frog he felt so big, caze he'd got de stone, tell he stood
up on Nancy Jane O's back, he did, an' he tuck'n shuck de stone at de
birds, an' he holler at 'em

"'O Pig-un-a-wa-ya, Pig-un-a-wa-ya, hooo-hooo!'

An' jes ez he said dat, he felt hisse'f slippin', an' dat made him
clutch on ter Po' Nancy Jane O, an' down dey bof' went tergedder
kersplash, right inter de crick.

"De frog he fell slap on ter er big rock, an' bust his head all ter
pieces; an' Po' Nancy Jane O sunk down in de water an' got drownded; an'
dat's de een'."

"Did the king get the stone, Aunt Edy?" asked Dumps.

"Wy no, chile; don't yer know de mole he's blin' tell yit? ef'n he could
er got dat stone, he could er seen out'n his eyes befo' now. But I ain't
got no time ter fool 'long er you chil'en. I mus' git marster's shuts
done, I mus'."

And Aunt Edy turned to her ironing-table, as if she didn't care for
company; and Dumps and Tot, seeing that she was tired of them, went back
to the house, Tot sin