Brer Rabbit and the Blackberry Bush

" Twang! went the trap."
"Now I'm going to eat you all up!"
"Fry me... boil me... eat me in a pie!"
"Don't throw me in the blackbery bush!"

Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox are enemies, so they are always up to mischief. One day, Brer Fox set a trap and Brer Rabbit went it! But, he is very clever, so he can run away from Brer Fox.

In this lively tale, Brer Rabbit is really clever, I think. I want to be wise such him. But Brer Fox threw him in the bush. I think he is brute and I hate it. He had better be deceived, I think.

Brer Rabbit and the Blackberry Bush
Retold by Louie Stowell
Usborne First Reading
2009.10.02
(115/1420)