‚ ~ Ex—slaveSt,ries	Paie Three	:	69
   (Texae)








	Um de 1en~ wiRter dn,~rs de rien s~t rsund de fire ~nd whittle w•~d ~id niake butter D~,dd1es ~nd trGughs f~r de pies and siQh, and ~x haid1t~s ~nd h~e handles ~nd bøx traps arid fi~ure~$sur traps. Dey make e~rib~ ti git de w~•1 c]~e~n fsr de spiniain‘. Us take de lùg strip Sf Ie~4her a~d put wire in it ~nd bend der~ s~ dey stoy, den sut d~ •emb~iike teef and dere yeu 2r~.

	“Cei~e Christmas us s1av~s have de big dinner and eat ~I1 day and danse till next msrnint~ S,m~ de iiggere fr•z* near planta..ti.ns git dey passes and e~rne une us~ C~urse dey a dr2p e~g i•g r•u.nd ~!ad •andy f.r de

•hi11en~ De white feiks h~ve dey b±~ sarria~e full •f visitars and big goints ‚n dey «arne t~ fr~r~ railee r.und. Us didn‘t have n~ meiaey, but didn‘t h~ve n, pla.e to g~ te spend it, neither.

	“At night, us sot r.und de fire ~raetimes ~nd de ~srnen sew ~nd knit a~id. de men whittle and tild things, Deytalk ‘bout «harms and sich. Y~u ~ine have I.ts ~f luek iffen ~r,u eetc~h de rabbit in de graveyard in de dark .f de r*•~n and sut ~ff he hind leg ~Dd wear it. Iffen veu ehews de piece ~f shoe—string r..t, jus‘ ~r~u ask a~ybsdy a favmr ~nd you she‘ gwine gît it.