You'll find this true where'er you go
That those prepared few troubles know.
 
"To begin with, I am not such a very big fellow, am I?" said Jimmy.
 
"Ah reckons Ah knows a right smart lot of folks bigger than yo', Brer Skunk," replied Unc' Billy, with a grin. You know Jimmy Skunk really is a little fellow compared with some of his neighbors.
 
"And I haven't very long claws or very big teeth, have I?" continued Jimmy.
 
"Ah reckons mine are about as long and about as big," returned Unc' Billy, looking more puzzled than ever.67
 
"But you never see anybody bothering me, do you?" went on Jimmy.
 
"No," replied Unc' Billy.
 
"And it's the same way with Prickly Porky the Porcupine. You never see anybody bothering him or offering to do him any harm, do you?" persisted Jimmy.
 
"No," replied Unc' Billy once more.
 
"Why?" demanded Jimmy.
 
Unc' Billy grinned broadly. "Ah reckons, Brer Skunk," said he, "that there isn't anybody wants to go fo' to meddle with yo' and Brer Porky. Ah reckons most folks knows what would happen if they did, and that yo' and Brer Porky are folks it's a sight mo' comfortable to leave alone. Leastways, Ah does. Ah ain't aiming fo' trouble with either of yo'. That li'l bag of scent yo' carry is cert'nly most powerful, Brer Skunk, and Ah isn't hankering68 to brush against those little spears Brer Porky is so free with............