"
"Did you-all hear 'bout that 'Talian Dago that works on the
section gang eating a buzzard?" asked Frances.
"Naw," said Billy. "Did it make him sick?"
"That it did," she answered; "he sent for Doctor Sanford and
tells him, `Me killa de big bird, me eat-a de big bird, de big
bird make-a me seek."'
"Them Dagoes 'bout the funniest talking folks they is," said
Jimmy, "but they got to talk that way 'cause it's in the Bible.
They 'sputed on the tower of Babel and the Lord say `Confound
you!' Miss Cecilia 'splained it all to me and she's 'bout the
dandiest 'splainer they is."
"You may tell your tale now, Jimmy," said Lina.
"I'm going to tell 'bout William Tell 'cause he's in the Bible,"
said Jimmy. "Once they's a man name'--"
"William Tell isn't in the Bible," declared Lina.
"Yes, he is too," contended the little boy, "Miss Cecilia
'splained it to me. You all time setting yourself up to know
more'n me and Miss Cecilia. One time they's a man name' William
Tell and he had a little boy what's the cutest kid they is and
the Devil come 'long and temp' him.
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