Ground-lizard and Ground-rat were two friends. Rat said to
Ground-lizard, “How black nigger sta’?” Lizard say, “Oh, dey
ugly-lookin’ chaps’.” Rat said, “Yes? I see dem but nebber can stan’ to
look pon dem. Soon as dem see me dem say, ‘Look Groun’-rat! look
Groun’-rat!’ an’ take a stone to kill me, so I get out a dem sight.”
Ground-lizard say, “When dey buck up on me suddenly, I jump, but when I
go a little way, turn round on dem an’ look; dat how I know dey
ugly-lookin’ chap.”