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Jay-bird don't rob his own nes'.

— Joel Chandler Harris

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  1. Licker talks mighty loud w'en it gits loose from de jug.
  2. Hungry rooster don't cackle w'en he fine a wum.
  3. 'I don't keer w'at you do wid me, Brer Fox,' sezee, 'so you don't fling me in dat brier-patch. Roas' me, Brer Fox' sezee, 'but don't fling …
  4. Youk'n hide de fier, but w'at you gwine do wid de smoke?
  5. Brer Rabbit keep on axin' 'im, en de Tar-Baby, she keep on sayin' nothin', twel present'y Brer Rabbit draw back wid his fis', he did, en bl…
  6. Once upon a time a Georgian printed a couple of books that attracted notice, but immediately it turned out that he was little more than an …
  7. Brer Fox, he lay low.

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Topics in this quote

  • family
  • instinct
  • loyalty
  • nature

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