Brer Bear has big/warm house
Lives with his wife, his son Simon, and his daughter Sue
One day, someone knocks at the door
Banging loudly, almost knocks down door
Homeless Brer Polecat is looking for a place to stay from the cold
Brer Polecat claims he’s a good housekeeper
Brer Bear says he can clean the outside of the house, but he’s not allowed inside bc there’s no room
Brer Polecat claims he can make room for himself in the house; Bear eventually concedes
Brer Polecat smells so bad bc of his stink spray that Brer Bear family moves out; Polecat takes over the house
Brer Rabbit Treats the Creeturs to a Race
Brer Rabbit goes to Rainmaker’s house
Asks Rainmaker to set up a race btw Brer Dust and Cousin Rain to see who’s faster
Brer Rabbit hypes the race to all the Critters
Race is on a big road, everyone is lined up along the side to cheer them on
Uncle Wind also helps with the “race”
Uncle Wind starts blowing Brer Dust and Cousin Rain everywhere
Everyone is coughing, sneezing, wheezing, getting suffocated by Brer Dust
Cousin Rain pours down, drowning people- people covered in mud
Critters see that Brer Rabbit is dry/has an umbrella
Critters chase Brer Rabbit in anger (that’s the true race)
Mr. Man looks to go hog hunting
Prepares water barrel that will scrape hair off of the hogs he catches/kills; also has a fire
Does his thing with the hogs, leaves behind the barrel/fire
Brer Rabbit pops out of a bush, goes to the fire to warm himself
Brer Wolf and Brer Fox show up
Rabbit asks if Wolf and Fox want to join him for a bath with Mr. Man’s contraption
Mr. Lion shows up, growls and asks what they’re doing
Rabbit tells him, Mr. Lion is excited because he needs a bath
Rabbit tells him to hop into the barrel; Mr. Lion jumps in up to his shoulder blades
Mr. Lion gets burned from the bath and is scalded
Mr. Lion screams in pain which is heard from miles away
All his wool from neck down is burned off; runs away in pain
Story Source: Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris
Lion Getting Burned by the Bath Water, via the Untextbook
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