William Cooper, Mandeville.
Anansi an’ Tiger were travelling. Anansi kill him old grandmother, him
put him into a little hand-cart was shoving him t’ru de town. After him
catch to a shop jes’ like out here, de shop-keeper was a very
hasty-temper man; an’ went in de shop an’ call fe some whiskey an’ give
it to one of de shopkeeper carry it to his grandmother. An’ said he
mus’ go up to de han’-cart an’ call twice. An’ de ol’ lady did not
hear. So Anansi said to de shop-keeper him mus’ holla out to de ol’
lady; him sleeping. So de ol’ lady didn’t hear, he fire de glass in de
ol’ lady face, an’ de ol’ lady fell right over. Then the shop-keeper
get so frighten he cry out to Anansi, say Anansi mustn’t mek no alarm
in de town; he will give him a bushel of money to mek him keep quiet.
So dem was going along an’ borrow a quart can from Tiger an’ was
measuring dis money. Tiger said, “Where you get all dat money?” Anansi
say, “I kill my ol’ grandmother.” Tiger, him went home an’ kill his
grandmother an’ put her up in a little hand-cart an’ was goin’ along
t’ru de town hollerin’ out to all de people, “Who want a dead body to
buy?” So Anansi said to Tiger he shouldn’t do anyt’ing like dat; too
foolish!