Jamaica Anansi stories

56. Rat’s Wedding. [Note]

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56. Rat’s Wedding. [Note]

Thomas Williams, Harmony Hall, Cock-pit country.

His wife calling now, “Mr. Rat! Mr. Rat!”—“Me head fasten in pot o!” Tu’n back ’crape ’crape. So de cook hear de noise and went out in de kitchen, find it was Rat underneat’ de pot an’ call out fe help. An’ come out lift up de pot an’ kill him. Dat’s why so many widows in de world, because dere husband died and left ’em.

Notes in this chapter

Note 1 · A wooden foot-path is laid above the level of high water at the side of a road likely to be flooded in high water. This is called a ‘water t Note 2 · Rat got married, an’ dere was rice and peas provide for de helping of food fe de dinner. It was so richly cook an’ so much dat it get burn.