Show little black joe hung around his hi s mammy begging for a donkey I 1 until in an impotent im patent tone his maternal relative exclaimed now joe yo jes go right out dar set on dat pumpkin and hatch out a little donkey fo long small joe duly sat until his patience was exhausted then seizing the obstinate pumpkin he threw it down the hill at the foot it struck a stone and broke in a score of pieces startled by this unexpected object a hare bare bounded out from a clump of neighboring bushes apparently from among the pieces of pumpkin and scampered scam ered away over the fields hi hil hi dar shouted the excited joe come back here dont yo yby know dat IM yoa yo mammy now new york tribune |