6. Tiger’s Breakfast. [Note]
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6. Tiger’s Breakfast. [Note]
Richard Morgan, Santa Cruz Mountains.
Tiger study fe him. Nex’ day he go to Tiger yard. When Tiger gi’ him breakfast an’ gi’ him enough meat he said to Tiger, “Brar Tiger, a whe’ you get meat every day so?” Tiger said, “You know how me come by dis meat? When I see a cow lie down, I go up an’ run me han’ inside of de cow an’ hol’ de man tripe, so I never out of meat.” So Hanansi went his way an’ do de same. De cow frighten on de hill-side an’ turn head right down to lowland. Hanansi say, “Do, Brar Cow, don’t shut up me han’!” Cow fasten de han’ de better an’ gallop right down de hill an’ drag Hanansi over de stone. Dat’s de reason let you see Hanansi belly white.