Gullah Folktales from the Georgia Coast

III. How Buh Cooter Fool Buh Deer

III. HOW BUH COOTBB1 FOOL BUH DEER.* Buh Deer, him kin outrun all de tarruh creetur. Buh Cooler, him cant go fast no time. Him kin jis creep, an dat all; but him hab plenty er sense. One day Buh Deer bin a laugh at Buh Cooter becase eh walk so slow. Den Buh Cooler, him git mad, an eh tell Buh Deer dat ef eh does slow eh hab de bes win, an eh bet Buh Deer eh could beat um to de fibe mile pose. Buh Deer, him smile an tuk de bet. Dey gree on nex Monday week fur run de race. Buh Cooter, him call togedder him fren an tole um bout de bet an wen de race fur run. Eh gaged fibe er um fur help um. Deese yer Cooter am all so much like one anurrer you cant tell one from turrer. So day all come inter cohoot an conclude to fool Buh Deer. One gone to de fus mile pose on de big road. Anurrer gone to de nex mile pose, an anurrer to de nex: so dat on de day wen lLand Terrapin. "This and two preceding Myths first published in Augusta, Ga., Chronicle and Constitutionalist of March 11, 1883. 5 de race fur run, Buh Cooter hab a fren at ebery mile pose. Buh Deer nebber bin know nuttne bout dis plan. Wen de time come fur run de race, Buh Deer an Buh Cooter bofe stat off togedder. Befo you kin tun roun Buh Deer done gone out uh sight, an lef Buh Cooter in de middle er de road duh laugh to isself. Wen Buh Deer git to de fus mile pose, day was Buh Cooter day head er um. Buh Deer couldnt tell how dat happn. Eh men eh pace. At de nex mile pose day was Buh Cooter a crawlin along. Buh Deer git mad. Eh lay isself out ter eh berry lenk, but befo eh ketch de nex mile pose eh meet Buh Cooter in de road dis a passin er dat pose. Buh Deer jump clean ober um an mek fur de nex mile pose. Eh yent bin want fur bleeve eh own yeye wen eh see Buh Cooter dere done git head er um agin. Eh so mad eh try fuh kick Buh Cooter outer de road, an eh straighten fur de las mile pose. Wen eh git day, eh meet Buh Cooter puffin an er blowin an a leanin up gin de pose duh laugh atum. An dat de way Buh Cooter fool Buh Deer an win de bet. 6 ...