De Tar Baby
[The following is a draft of a vignette in my literacy autobiography that was posted on Mr. Franek's blg.]
Chapter 2: De Tar Baby (Or reading made fun)
Brer Rabbit was a spunky Disney character that went on adventures and got into plenty of trouble. One of his favorite adventures was told to me by my mom when I was about five or six. My mom had the best Brer Rabbit talkin’ accent I’d ever heard. She would tell me dat “right den, dey hear a scufflin’ way at de other end of de brier-patch. An lo an behold, who do dey see scramblin’ out but Brer Rabbit hisself, whistlin’ and singin’, an combin’ de tar outer his mustarches wid a piece of de brier-bush.” I’d never heard anything like it. From then on I would try to imitate her voice, and without noticing she was making me enjoy reading. I couldn’t get engouh of it. I made her read it over and over again until I had it down perfect. To this day we still put on the accent occasionally for kicks and giggles.
April 6th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
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April 9th, 2008 at 5:26 am
I know dudes who come to internet for fun, just to meet some new people and talk with them. I’m one of those.