Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country - what the children saw and heard there (1922) (14749810731)

Identifier: littlemrthimblef00harr2 (find matches)
Title: Little Mr. Thimblefinger and his queer country : what the children saw and heard there
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
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Publisher: New York : McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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rprise,and then Brother Wolf spoke up. BrotherRabbit/ says he, < how can you get a drizzle andthe rest of us not a drop ? 3 * Well, says I, some folks that know mecall me the rain-maker. They may be right.They may be wrong. I m not going to squabbleabout it. You can call me what you please. Ishall not dispute with you. Presently they went away, but it was nt longbefore they came back, bringing with them allthe neighbors for miles around. They gatheredin the porch and in the yard and outside the ga«,e,and begged me, if I was a rain-maker, to make itrain there and then to save their crops. Th^ybegged me and begged me, but I sat cross-leggedand smoked my pipe — this same pipe you feehere. Brother Fox, who had done me man* amean trick (though he was always well paid orit), got on his knees and begged me to maki itrain for them. Finally I told them that I Jd make it rain forthe whole settlement on two conditions. Thefirst condition was that every one was to pay toll.* ^5rf\v= -Mi \ V
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MR RABBIT SAYING NOTHING MR. RABBIT AS A RAIN-MAKER. 125 Toll is the pay the miller takes out at themill, remarked Buster John. Yes/5 replied Mr. Rabbit, you take yourturn of meal to the mill and the miller takes hispayment out of the meal. Well, I told themthey d have to pay toll. They agreed to that,and then asked what else they d have to do, butI said we d attend to one thing at a time. Firstlet the toll be paid. They went off, and in due time they cameback. Some brought corn and some broughtmeal; some brought wheat and some broughtHour; some brought milk and some broughtbutter; some brought honey in the clean, andsome brought honey in the comb; some broughtone thing and some brought another, but they allbrought something. Then they gathered around and asked whatelse they had to do. Well/ says I, you cer-tainly act as if you wanted rain — all of you -—-theres no disputing that. You have paid thetoll according to agreement. You have surelyearned the rain, and now there ?s nothin