LIST OF FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
“IS ANYBODY EVER HEAR DE BEAT ER DAT?” Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
“So he holler down thoo de crack” 34
“‘Does you call dis good luck?’” 36
“Dey sot dar … talkin’ ’bout ol’ times” 44
“‘Git ’im use ter de bag’” 48
“‘Den you come on home; yo’ mammy want you’” 50
“Went off home des ez gayly ez a colt in a barley patch” 80
“‘Brer Rabbit, whar you gwine?’” 82
“Brer Fox, say, ‘Gents, … I wanter tell you dat I’m de swiffes’ one in dis bunch’” 92
“Mr. Elephant went splungin’ thoo de woods same ez a harrycane” 96
“So his ol’ ’oman went out ter de woodpile an’ got de ax” 150
“She dremp dat Brer Rabbit wuz laughin’ at ’er” 152
“Brer Deer went on fer ter tell Brer Rabbit” 180
“De beau got ter flingin’ his sass roun’ Brer Rabbit” 272
“De gal, she cry some, but dey went off an’ got married” 274
“Den he shuck a gourd-vine over de pot” 286
“De ax, it clum back on top er de woodpile an’ fell off on t’er side” 290
“Den she lit out atter de pot like she was runnin’ a foot-race” 292