OUBLE 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

LXVIII. BRER FOX MAKES A NARROW ESCAPE 318

LXIX. BRER FOX'S FISH TRAP 321

LXX. BRER RABBIT RESCUES BRER TERRAPIN 325

LXXI. THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS 333

ILLUSTRATIONS

UNCLE REMUS AND THE LITTLE BOY _Frontispiece_

"HE TO' DOWN A WHOLE PANEL ER FENCE GITTIN' 'WAY FUM DAR" 20

"BRER RABBIT TURNT 'ER ALOOSE, EN DOWN SHE COME--_KER-SWOSH!_" 44

"'BRER TARRYPIN, PLEASE LEMME GO!'" 68

"'_AH-YI!_ YOU OUGHTER AX ME DAT FUS', BRER COON'" 92

"BRER RABBIT FOTCH A WIGGLE, HE DID, EN LIT ON HE FOOTS" 128

"'EF YOU GIT ANY MO' SENSE, SON RILEY, YOU'LL BE DE RUINATION EV
DE WHOLE SETTLEMENT'" 174

"DE LITTLE RABS, DEY PROMISE DAT DEY WON'T OPEN DE DO' FER NOBODY" 212

"EN, BLESS GRACIOUS! DEM AR CREETURS RACKED OFF FUM DAR EN LEF'