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Br'er Rabbit Earns a Dollar a Minute

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for the garden. He offers to let Br'er Bear take over the "job". Excited by the promise of quick wealth, Br'er Bear gladly helps free Br'er Rabbit and takes his place in the trap. Br'er Rabbit laughs and scampers away before Br'er Bear realizes that he has been tricked.
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laid by Br'er Fox. Suspended awkwardly in mid-air, unable to free himself, he worries what will happen when Br'er Fox finds him caught in his trap. He then sees the notoriously slow-witted
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Feigning a cheerful complacency, he tells Br'er Bear that he is hanging there because Br'er Fox has been paying him "a dollar a minute" to act as a
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stories. Although its folk roots most likely trace back to ancient Africa, the folktale's first written appearance was as a chapter titled
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approaching and quickly thinks of a way to trick Br'er Bear into freeing him.
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The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
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is a traditional African American folktale, featuring
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Br'er Bear falls for the trap set for Br'er Rabbit.
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Br'er Rabbit
Br'er Fox and Br'er Bear
Joel Chandler Harris
Uncle Remus
Br'er Rabbit
trickster
Br'er Fox
goober peas
snare trap
Br'er Bear
scarecrow
Song of the South
The Tar Baby
The Laughing Place
Splash Mountain
log flume
Tokyo Disneyland
Disneyland
Magic Kingdom
Children's literature portal
Uncle Remus: His Songs and Sayings
Project Gutenberg
Brer Rabbit Stories at AmericanFolklore.net
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Uncle Remus
Characters
Br'er Rabbit

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