I read the second half of the Brer Rabbit I unit, which was just as difficult for me to follow as the first half. I honestly had no idea what most of the frogs were saying in Mr. Fox and the Deceitful Frogs, but towards the end of the story I was able to decipher what they were trying to do.
These stories really continue to highlight the wiliness of Brer Rabbit, who manages to get himself out of plenty of dire situations, usually involving Brer Fox, even when everything seems hopeless. You’d think that, after a while, the animals would stop believing anything Brer Rabbit said to them, but they don’t. I guess that’s just part of the story.
It was nice to see Brer Rabbit learn his lesson on cheating other people out of their fair share in Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again. Brer Buzzard sure does teach him a lesson up in that pine tree, and since Brer Rabbit cheated him out of his share of the crops, I don’t blame him for doing that.
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All in all, I liked these stories, but they were definitely not easy to read. The language takes some getting used to, and you have to really think about the context of the sentence when you read it.
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