Memoirs of the American Folk-lore Society, Volume 2 |
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Aguillard ALCÉE FORTIER American Folk-Lore Society arien asteur bien Blanche boucou Bouqui Bourriquet c'est c'était capabe Carencro chanté chien choal comme ça Compair Bouki Compair l'Ours Compair Lapin Compair Lapin té connin coté couri cré dézef djabe dolo eggs elephant fame Florimond gagnin pou garçon gardé Graisse gros haut horse Jean Malin Jean Sotte joli King Lion lady latéte lé roi Léonine li dans li si little boy lote Macaque madame maison Mamzelle mandé Manga mangé marié Master Fox méme metté Michié mo té moman Monkey mother moune mouri nabe Néléphant nomme old woman pasqué pélé piti plis popa pou fait pove prend qui té quichoge resté rété rivé sré tapé tchué té apé té fait tell temps tendé terre told took Torti toujou tournin tout tree trouvé vancé vié vini voyé wizard yé té zotes zozo
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Page 103 - I shall mash you, like a too ripe persimmon." just in his holy Paradise ! Great king, you who are more brave than all of us together, you will hear the truth. When you sent Bourriquet to get me, he who is more of a donkey than all the donkeys in the world, when he came to my house, I was sick. I told him : ' you will tell the king that I am very sorry that I cannot come now, but here is a fine gold chain, which you will present to the king for me, and you will tell him that I have forty twelve other...
Page 107 - L^onine's character in such a manner that it was a scandal. While Compair Lapin was in prison, he was thinking how he would manage to escape forever. He thought that he was in a worse plight than he had ever been before. He said to himself : " By Jove ! that is no child's play ; I think that I am gone up. Well, as I am tired, let me sleep a little : it will do me good.
Page 98 - That was better, because they were all His creatures and it pained Him when they killed each other ; but as quickly as they would eat the grass and fruits, He, God, would take pleasure to make them grow again to please them.
Page 104 - ... your place, when they will succeed in putting you out. That is what they have been trying to do for a long time, and that is what Compair Lapin and I wanted to tell you." When the king heard that, he said : " That is all right ; I am glad you told me so. You can go with Compair Lapin, I acquit him.