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Disney Ride Song of the South The shadow of Uncle Remus his rocker flashes, enlarged, on the wall of the flume but when the boats turn in their narrow tube to see the narrator, a frog’s in his chair. The latest indignity. Turn the imprisoned prince to a frog and the animatronic fairy tale floats on, though deracinated, sung to the tune of B’rer Bull and B’rer Bear, a lie that the tourists like: not that all shall be but that all was well, here. The ferry nears hell, falls in its channel to false gasps from parents, who, sure of its safety, have ponied up fare for their daughters’ amusement. The daughters can’t kiss Frog Remus. They can’t even reach him across the gap from his fireside, although his shadow splashes over their cells to the wall where they stare. 22 HadawayRevisedPages 8/15/06 3:09 PM Page 22 ...

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