I done left them clubhouse folks, after I knowed what has happened, an' all day I been hangin' 'round here in the bresh.

An' Lucy Warden she done told me, this afternoon, 'bout how you-all was takin' care of Mr.Burns, an' how you just naturally wouldn't let him die.
An'-- an'-- I kin see, now, what hit is that makes Auntie Sue and him an' you-all so different from that there clubhouse gang an' pap an' me.

An' I ain't a-wantin' ter be like I been, no more, ever.

I'd a heap rather jump inter the river an' drown myself.

'Fore God, I would! An' I want ter come back an' help you-all take care of him; an' live with Auntie Sue; an'-- an'-- be a little might like youuns, if I kin.