Brer Rabbit had several chilluns who were well behaved and listened to their momma and daddy. They kept their clothes nice and clean and they listened to everything that they said.
One day, Mr and Miss Rabbit were both out of the house and the children were playing hide and seek when Brer Fox stopped by.
The chilluns looked very fat to Brer Fox and he needed an excuse to be able to gobble them up.
They were very skittish and kept an eye on Brer Fox.
So Brer Fox asked them to break off a piece of the big stalk of sugar cane. The chilluns could not figure out how to do it until a little bird started singing a song that told them how to break off a piece of the sugar cane.
Since that did not work, Brer Fox needed another excuse to eat them, so he told them to grab a sifter and go down to the spring and fetch him some water. Once again, they couldn't figure it out so the birdy sang them a song with instructions on how to get it done.
Since that didn't work, Brer Fox told them to put a big stick that he had found on the fire. Once again the birdy started singing and told them how to do it.
Brer Rabbits chilluns pushing the log and the birdy telling them how to do it;
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As soon as they got that stick on the fire, Brer Rabbit came home and the bird flew away.
Brer Rabbit offered Brer Fox to stay and have a snack but Brer Fox went ahead and left.
If the chilluns would not have been able to complete any of those tasks, Brer Fox would've had the perfect excuse to eat them. However, thanks to the bird, he never had that opportunity.
Bibliography: A Story About the Little Rabbits from the book Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings by Joel Chandler Harris
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