.	~x.s1aYS Stories (~exae)





“I ‘~ebers de story ‘boi~tt de ~an what owned de monkey. Dat

~o!~ke7, he watch and try do everything a man do. One tise a nigger w~ke up he sind ac~,re ‘nother nigger and. when nIght time come ‚ he put a white øbeet over hl~ and sot out for de place dat nigger pass ~ t~ i~onk.y he seed dat nigger with di sheet and he gxeb de nice ‚ wI4te tablecloth ~nd throw lt over him ~nd he follow d. nigger. Dat nigger, he hear eoinethitg behint him and look ‘round and see eoi~ethinG white followin‘ hia and he think it a real ghoitie. Den he took out and run fitten to kill hiesel‘!.

De monkey he t ook out aft er dat nigger and when he fell ‚ zauet ed in he ~oorw87 ho find tait dat a ~o~tkey chasm‘ hie, and. h~i want to kill &at Tßoflkel, bi~it he can ‚ t do dâ, C cause de monkey de aasaa‘ ~ pet.

	‘ISo one d.~ dat nigger shavin‘ and de ieonkey watch.tn‘ hii~. He know right den de monkey tri‘ de same thing, eo when he gits thr~ shavln1 he turn de raior quick in he hand, so de monkey am‘ t ~ hi~ and draw de back of de razor quick C~I0~~ he throat. Sho‘ enough,

when he gone, de mon~y git tIe bresh and ru~b de lather all over he face and de zUgger he watchia‘ throngh a. crack. Ihen dat Monkey thrxigh Bh&~in‘ he &r~w de razor qaick ‘cross he throat ‚ b~t he ain‘t know for to turn It, and he eut he own throat and kill hiesel‘f. Dat what de nigger want hlii to d~o and he feel satiefy dat de monkey done dead and h~ h~~e he re~engsnoe~ ~
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