“Where ’bouts? Did he wade in de lake and uh alligator ketchhim?”
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“Git reconciled, Matt, us all knows he’s mean."
“Yeah, you feeds ’im. Feeds ’im offa ‘come up’ and seasons it widraw-hide.”
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“Ah does feed ’im. He’s jus’ too mean tuh git fat. He stay poor andrawbony jus’ fuh spite. Skeered he’ll hafta work some."
“Maybe de mule takes out after everybody,” Sam said, “ ’cause hethinks everybody he hear comin’ is Matt Bonner comin’ tuh work ’imon uh empty stomach.”
"Ahseen ’im when he took after one uh dem Roberts chillun in de streetand woulda caught ’im and maybe trompled ’im tuh death if de windhadn’t of changed all of a sudden."
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Ah can't believe this! Ah'm leavin'..
“Aw, naw, aw, naw. You stop dat right now. Datmule don’t think Ah look lak no Matt Bonner. He ain’t dat dumb. If Ahthought he didn’t know no better Ah’d have mah picture took and giveit tuh dat mule so’s he could learn better. Ah ain’t gointuh ’low ’im tuhhold nothin’ lak dat against me.”