Now, I know y'all think the Devil is a little red man with horns growing
out of his head with a red tail and a pitchfork. Well, the folks down in
south Alabama say that just ain't so. They say the Devil is nothin' but an
ol' trixster, just like Brer Rabbit. And you all know how Brer Rabbit's
always going around trickin' folks, especially Brer Fox and Brer Bear.
Well, that ol' Devil was travelin' back and forth all over Alabama trickin'
folks. What he liked to do most of all was to get loving couples to start
fightin' with one another. He had husbands and wives and boyfriends and
girlfriends fightin' all over the place.
Once the Devil came a-callin', it wasn't long before somebody said the
wrong thing to their mate, or somebody forgot an anniversary, or one person
cheated on the other. Pretty soon, the loving couple would fight and split
up, and the Devil would strut down the road toward the next house, laughin'
all the way! Well, the Devil was doing a pretty good job until he came
across a couple of newlyweds down in the valley. They were so lovey-dovey
that the Devil couldn't get them to part, no matter how hard he tried.
After several days, the Devil got real frustrated and just gave up on those
two lovebirds. The Devil was walkin' down the road all discouraged when he
ran across a strange woman who was as barefoot as an ol' possum. The
Barefoot Woman looked at the Devil and said, "What's wrong with you, Mister
Devil? You sick or somethin'?" "Nah," said the Devil, "I've just been
tryin' to break up that couple down in the valley. But they're so
lovey-dovey, I can't get 'em to part." "Shoot, is that all?" said the
Barefoot Woman. "Listen, I'll make you a deal. I ain't ever had a new pair
of shoes before. If you'll get me a brand new pair of fancy red shoes, I'll
part that couple for you." "If you can get 'em to part, I'll get you the
most expensive shoes in town," said the Devil. "But you don't get 'em 'til
after you do the job." "No problem," said the Barefoot Woman. "You just
meet me down at the crossroads tomorrow evenin' with my shoes."
The next morning, the Barefoot Woman baked a mouth-watering apple pie and
went up to the newlyweds' home in the valley. The Husband was in the field
chopping cotton, his shirt soaked with sweat. The Barefoot Woman asked if
she could visit with his Wife, for she had just moved into the valley, and
she wanted to get to know her new neighbors. The Husband smiled and pointed
the Barefoot Woman toward the house. The Wife invited the Barefoot Woman in
and they began to chatter away. The Barefoot Woman took a seat and began to
praise everything in the house as the "prettiest thing she ever saw" - the
kitchen, the dishes, the furniture, even the ol' rooster outside! The Wife
thanked her for all her kind words and gave her a bucket of freshly-picked
blackberries. "Yessir, everything in this house is pretty," said the
Barefoot Woman. "But you know what the prettiest thing of all is? You
are." The Wife blushed and said, "Oh, no, I'm not the prettiest. My husband
is prettier than I am." "Yeah, yeah, he's pretty alright," said the Barefoot
Woman. "But he'd be even prettier if he didn't have that big ol' flesh-mole
on his neck with those ugly black hairs stickin' out." The smile briefly
faded on the Wife's face, and she said, "Yeah, I know. He's pretty
embarrassed 'bout it. But I'm used to it by now." "You don't have to get
used to it," said the Barefoot Woman. "Why don't you just cut it off?" The
Wife's jaw dropped. "I couldn't do that!" she exclaimed. "He'd bleed to
death!" "Naw, he wouldn't," said the Barefoot Woman. "Here's what you do:
take a razor with you to bed tonight. When he's fast asleep, reach over and
whack that thing off real fast. Then dab his neck with some spider webs to
stop the bleeding. He won't even know you did it 'til the next morning.
And I'm sure he'll thank you for it!" The Wife finally agreed to do it,
thanking the Barefoot Woman over and over again. After telling the Wife
good-bye, the Barefoot Woman went outside and visited with the Husband, who
was still working in the field.
"Boy, you sure is a hard worker," said the Barefoot Woman.
"Yes, ma'am," said the Husband. "But I don't mind it at all, 'cause the
harder I work, the more I can give to my beautiful wife. She means the world
to me."
The Barefoot Woman chuckled and said, "Yeah, I'm sure she does. But from
what I hear, she means the world to somebody else, too."
The Husband stopped working and glared at her. "What you mean by that?" he
asked.
"Well, from what I hear, she's seein' another man in town. And one of these
nights, if you're not careful, she's gonna do away with you."
The Husband clenched his fists in rage. "Get offa my property, you lyin' ol'
hag! Nobody talks 'bout my wife like that!"
The Barefoot Woman shrugged her shoulders and turned away. "Alls I'm sayin'
is watch out," she said over her shoulder as she walked back down the road.
Later that evening, the Barefoot Woman snuck back t
Now, I know y'all think the Devil is a little red man with horns growingout of his head with a red tail and a pitchfork. Well, the folks down insouth Alabama say that just ain't so. They say the Devil is nothin' but anol' trixster, just like Brer Rabbit. And you all know how Brer Rabbit'salways going around trickin' folks, especially Brer Fox and Brer Bear.Well, that ol' Devil was travelin' back and forth all over Alabama trickin'folks. What he liked to do most of all was to get loving couples to startfightin' with one another. He had husbands and wives and boyfriends andgirlfriends fightin' all over the place.Once the Devil came a-callin', it wasn't long before somebody said thewrong thing to their mate, or somebody forgot an anniversary, or one personcheated on the other. Pretty soon, the loving couple would fight and splitup, and the Devil would strut down the road toward the next house, laughin'all the way! Well, the Devil was doing a pretty good job until he cameacross a couple of newlyweds down in the valley. They were so lovey-doveythat the Devil couldn't get them to part, no matter how hard he tried.After several days, the Devil got real frustrated and just gave up on thosetwo lovebirds. The Devil was walkin' down the road all discouraged when heran across a strange woman who was as barefoot as an ol' possum. TheBarefoot Woman looked at the Devil and said, "What's wrong with you, MisterDevil? You sick or somethin'?" "Nah," said the Devil, "I've just beentryin' to break up that couple down in the valley. But they're solovey-dovey, I can't get 'em to part." "Shoot, is that all?" said theBarefoot Woman. "Listen, I'll make you a deal. I ain't ever had a new pairof shoes before. If you'll get me a brand new pair of fancy red shoes, I'llpart that couple for you." "If you can get 'em to part, I'll get you themost expensive shoes in town," said the Devil. "But you don't get 'em 'tilafter you do the job." "No problem," said the Barefoot Woman. "You justmeet me down at the crossroads tomorrow evenin' with my shoes."The next morning, the Barefoot Woman baked a mouth-watering apple pie andwent up to the newlyweds' home in the valley. The Husband was in the fieldchopping cotton, his shirt soaked with sweat. The Barefoot Woman asked ifshe could visit with his Wife, for she had just moved into the valley, andshe wanted to get to know her new neighbors. The Husband smiled and pointedthe Barefoot Woman toward the house. The Wife invited the Barefoot Woman inand they began to chatter away. The Barefoot Woman took a seat and began topraise everything in the house as the "prettiest thing she ever saw" - thekitchen, the dishes, the furniture, even the ol' rooster outside! The Wifethanked her for all her kind words and gave her a bucket of freshly-pickedblackberries. "Yessir, everything in this house is pretty," said theหญิงที่แบร์ฟุต "แต่คุณรู้ว่าสิ่งสวยงามทั้งหมดคืออะไร คุณได้" ภรรยาขวยเขิน และกล่าว ว่า "โอ้ ไม่ ฉันไม่สวยที่สุด สามีของฉันคือสวยกว่าฉัน" "ใช่ ใช่ เขาแจ่มสวย ว่า Barefootหญิงที่มี "แต่เขาจะสวยแม้แต่ถ้าเขาไม่มีที่ใหญ่ถึงเนื้อโมลคอของเขามีเส้นขนสีดำที่น่าเกลียด stickin' ออก" รอยยิ้มสั้น ๆสีจางลงบนใบหน้าของภรรยา และ ก็ "ใช่ ฉันรู้ว่า เขาน่ารักอับอาย ' แข่งขันก็ แต่ผมกำลังใช้มันตอนนี้" "คุณไม่จำเป็นต้องได้รับใช้ไป กล่าวว่า ผู้หญิงแบร์ฟุต "ทำไมไม่คุณเพียงแค่ตัดมัน" ที่ขากรรไกรของภรรยาลดลง "ไม่สามารถทำเช่นนั้น" เธอทางหลุดรอดได้ "เขาจะมีเลือดออกไปตาย" "Naw เขาไม่ กล่าวว่า ผู้หญิงแบร์ฟุต "นี่คือสิ่งที่คุณทำ:ใช้มีดโกนที่คุณนอนคืนนี้ เมื่อเขาหลับอย่างรวดเร็ว การเข้าถึงผ่าน และตีสิ่งที่ปิดอย่างรวดเร็วจริง บคอคอของเขากับบางเว็บแมงมุมไปแล้วห้ามเลือด แม้เขาจะไม่รู้ได้แบบนี้และผมมั่นใจว่า เขาจะขอบคุณมัน" ภรรยาในที่สุดตกลงกันได้ยังสาวแบร์ฟุตเล่า หลังจากบอกภรรยาgood-bye ผู้หญิงแบร์ฟุตไปภายนอก และมากับสามี คนยังได้ทำงานในฟิลด์"เด็ก คุณแน่ใจว่าเป็นคนยาก กล่าวว่า ผู้หญิงแบร์ฟุต"ใช่ ma'am, " กล่าวว่า สามี " แต่ฉันไม่สนใจมันเลย 'causeหนักทำงาน ยิ่งฉันสามารถให้ภรรยาที่สวยงาม เธอหมายถึง โลกให้ฉัน"ผู้หญิงแบร์ฟุตเบา ๆ และกล่าว ว่า "ใช่ ฉันแน่ใจว่า เธอไม่ แต่จากอะไรฟัง เธอหมายความว่า โลกกับคนอื่น เกินไป"สามีหยุดทำงาน และ glared ที่เธอ "คุณหมายถึงอะไร โดยที่" เขาถาม"ดี จากอะไรฟัง เธอเป็น seein' คนอื่นในเมือง และหนึ่งในเหล่านี้คืน ถ้าคุณไม่ระมัดระวัง เธอจะไปทำกับคุณไป"สามีกัดหมัดของเขาในความโกรธ "รับ offa คุณสมบัติของฉัน คุณ lyin' ถึงhag ไม่มีใครพูดถึง ' แข่งขันที่ภรรยาต้องที่! "ผู้หญิงแบร์ฟุตยักไหล่ไหล่ของเธอ และหัน "คนที่ผมกำลังบอก 'ระวัง, "เธอกล่าวว่า เหนือไหล่ของเธอขณะที่เธอเดินกลับไปลงถนนภายหลังที่เย็น ผู้หญิงแบร์ฟุต snuck ราคาทีหลัง
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