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Front Matter

Mr. Fox and Miss Goose
Brer Fox Catches Mr. Horse
Brer Rabbit and the Little Girl
Brer Fox Copies Brer Rabbit
Brer Rabbit's Astonishing Prank
Brer Rabbit Secures a Mansion
Mr. Lion Hunts for Mr. Man
The Story of the Pigs
Mr. Benjamin Ram and His Wonderful Fiddle
Brer Rabbit's Riddle
How Mr. Rooster Lost His Dinner
Brer Rabbit Breaks up a Party
Brer Fox, Brer Rabbit, and King Deer's Daughter
Brer Terrapin Deceives Brer Buzzard
Brer Fox Covers the Quills
How Brer Fox Failed To Get His Grapes
Brer Fox Figures as an Incendiary
A Dream and a Story
The Moon in the Mill-Pond
Brer Rabbit Takes Some Exercise
Brer Bear Has No Tail
How Brer Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors
Mr. Man Has Some Meat
How Brer Rabbit Got the Meat
African Jack
Why the Alligator's Back Is Rough
Brer Wolf Says Grace
Spirits, Seen and Unseen
A Ghost Story
Brer Rabbit and His Famous Foot
"In Some Lady's Garden"
Brer 'Possum Gets in Trouble
Why the Guinea-Fowls Are Speckled
Brer Rabbit's Love-Charm
Brer Rabbit Submits to a Test
Brer Wolf Falls a Victim
Brer Rabbit and the Mosquitoes
The Pimmerly Plum
Brer Rabbit Gets the Provisions
"Cutta Cord-La!"
Aunt Tempy's Story
The Fire-Test
The Cunning Snake
How Brer Fox Was Too Smart
Brer Wolf Gets in a Warm Place
Brer Wolf Still in Trouble
Brer Rabbit Lays in His Beef Supply
Brer Rabbit and Mr. Wildcat
Mr. Benjamin Ram Defends Himself
Brer Rabbit Pretends To Be Poisoned
More Trouble for Brer Wolf
Brer Rabbit Outdoes Mr. Man
Brer Rabbit Takes a Walk
Old Grinny-Granny Wolf
How Wattle Weasel Was Caught
Brer Rabbit Ties Mr. Lion
Mr. Lion's Sad Predicament
The Origin of the Ocean
Brer Rabbit Gets Brer Fox's Dinner
How the Bear Nursed the Little Alligators
Why Mr. Dog Runs Brer Rabbit
Brer Wolf and the Horned Cattle
Brer Fox and the White Muscadines
Mr. Hawk and Brer Buzzard
Mr. Hawk and Brer Rabbit
The Wise Bird and the Foolish Bird
Old Brer Terrapin Gets Some Fish
Brer Fox Makes a Narrow Escape
Brer Fox's Fish-Trap
Brer Rabbit Rescues Brer Terrapin
The Night before Christmas