If a possum thinks he kant reach hiz hole, in the hollo ov the tree, tew
eskape a wandering dog or a stray nigger, he lays himself down level on
the opposite side ov hiz belly, and dies az ded az a two dollar watch.
The dog will smell ov hiz corpse and pass on, the nigger will rool him
over, pheal ov hiz phatt, and konkluding that "dis possum hab been
eating pizen;" take him by the tail and send him buzzing into a brush
heep.
Many a possum haz saved hiz life, and hiz phatt, bi thus loozeing it.
I hav often killed them with a klub, sufficiently dead enuff tew bury,
and hiding behind a tree, fur a fu minnitts, hav seen them born agin,
and sneak oph into the underbrush.
If thare iz enny boddy who don't beleave this i don't care, i only write
what i know, and don't hold miself liable for other folks' ignorance.
Possum grease and hoe kake, in equal parts, will phatt a nigger in 60
days, and make hiz face glisten like a piece ov pattent leather.
If the possum only had hare on the tail i could account for him fully,
but this lack ov the hirsute attachment bothers me.