TOLD BY UNCLE REMUS

By Joel Chandler Harris

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	The Reason Why	3
I	Why Mr. Cricket has Elbows on his Legs	19
II	How Wiley Wolf Rode in the Bag	37
III	Brother Rabbit's Laughing-Place	53
IV	Brother Rabbit and the Chickens	74
V	Little Mister Cricket and the Other Creatures	87
VI	When Brother Rabbit was King	101
VII	How Old Craney-Crow Lost his Head	126
VIII	Brother Fox Follows the Fashion	141
IX	Why the Turkey-Buzzard is Bald-Headed	153
X	Brother Deer an' King Sun's Daughter	172
XI	Brother Rabbit's Cradle	188
XII	Brother Rabbit and Brother Bull-Frog	205
XIII	Why Mr. Dog is Tame	230
XIV	Brother Rabbit and the Gizzard Eater	243
XV	Brother Rabbit and Miss Nancy	266
XVI	The Hard-Headed Woman	276

"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

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I.	The Grandmother of the Dolls	5
II.	Mr. Thimblefinger’s Queer Country	17
III.	Mr. Thimblefinger’s Friends	33
IV.	Two Queer Stories	47
V.	The Talking-Saddle	61
VI.	The Talking-Saddle and the Thief	73
VII.	The Ladder of Lions	86
VIII.	Brother Terrapin’s Fiddle-String	101
IX.	The Looking-Glass Children	110
X.	Mr. Rabbit as a Rain-Maker	121
XI.	How Brother Bear’s Hair was combed	131
XII.	A Singing-Match	139
XIII.	The Strawberry-Girl	147
XIV.	The Witch of the Well	155
XV.	The Bewitched Huntsman	165
XVI.	The Three Ivory Bobbins	175
XVII.	“Keen-Point,” “Cob-Handle,” and “Butch”	185
XVIII.	Mrs. Meadows resumes her Story	195
XIX.	A Story of the River	215

	PAGE
Mr. Rabbit fell kerthump (Page 41)	Frontispiece
Rag-Tag rolling out of the Corner	10
The Grandmother of the Dolls and the big Black Cat	14
Sweetest Susan waking up	18
Following Little Mr. Thimblefinger	24
Mr. Rabbit and Mrs. Meadows	36
Mr. Billy-Goat and Mr. Wolf	52
My Mother washing the Old Man’s Coat and Waistcoat	56
Drusilla waiting on Mr. Rabbit	62
Tip-Top and the Mayor	68
The Mayor pardoning the Thief	82
Chickamy Crany Crow and Tickle-My-Toes	84
Mr. Rabbit bandaging Brother Lion’s Paw	92
The Ladder of Lions	98
Mr. Rabbit fiddling for Brother Terrapin	104
Brother Terrapin tumbling into the Creek	108
Sweetest Susan, meeting her Reflection	110
They all plunged into the Looking-Glass	118
Mr. Rabbit saying nothing	124
Brother Bear arguing the Rain Question	128
Mrs. Bear hanging out Clothes	134
Little Mr. Thimblefinger	140
The Singing-Match	144
Granny Grim-Eye finds a Beautiful Little Girl asleep	148
The Little Old Man discovers the Strawberry-Girl	150
The Golden-Haired, Beautiful Little Girl	164
The Little Old Man, Three Wits, and the Stag	174
The Stag and the Witch	180
The Little Girl and the Old Man	192
Valentine slaying the Spider	210
Valentine talking to the River	220
Buster John shaking Hands with Mr. Rabbit	228

I drank in the melody with a new sense of its wild and melancholy beauty	Frontispiece
	Facing page
"He's tryin' to git away!" yelled Forrest in a voice that could be heard all over the field	10
"I want you to catch this fellow and fetch him to me"	38
Whistling Jim ran into him head down like a bull	64
I was wild with remorse and grief	96
"If hate could kill you, you would fall dead from this horse"	110
The leader ... had an evil-looking eye	138
He had me covered	156