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Once 'way back yonder before the stars fell all the animals used to / talk just like people. In them days dogs and rabbits was the best of / friends -- even tho both of them was stuck on the same gal -- which was / Miss Nancy Coon. She had the sweetest smile and the prettiest striped / and bushy tail to be found anywhere.
They both run their legs nigh off trying to win her for / themselves -- fetching nice ripe persimmons and such. But she never give / one or the other no satisfaction.