"Yas 'm. Ain't you never hear tell 'bout Piljerk Peter? He had
fifteen chillens an' one time the las' one of 'em an' his ole
'oman was down with the fever an' he ain't got but one pill an'
they so sick they mos' 'bout to die an' ain't nobody in the fiel'
fer to pick the cotton an' he can't git no doctor an' he ain't
got but jest that one pill; so he tie that pill to a string an'
let the bigges' chile swaller it an' draw it back up an' let the
nex' chile swaller it an' jerk it back up an' let the nex, Chile
swaller it an' jerk it back up an' let the nex' Chile swaller it
an' jerk it back up an' let the nex'--."
"I don't believe in telling tales to children," interrupted his
aunt, "I will tell you biographical and historical stories and
stories from the Bible. Now listen, while I read to you."
"An' the nex' Chile swaller it an' he jerk it back up," continued
Billy serenely, "an' the nex' Chile swaller it an' he jerk it
back up tell finely ev'y single one of 'em, plumb down to the
baby, swaller that pill an' the las' one of 'em got well an' that
one pill it done the work.
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