"I \'speck dat \'uz de reas\'n w\'at make ole Brer Rabbit git \'long so well, kaze he ain\'t copy atter none er de yuther creeturs," Uncle Remus continued, after a while. "Wen he make his disappearance \'fo\' um, hit \'uz allers in some bran new place. Dey ain\'t know wharbouts fer ter watch out fer \'im. He wuz de funniest creetur er de whole gang. Some folks moughter call him lucky, en yit, w\'en he git in bad luck, hit look lak he mos\' allers come out on top. Hit look mighty kuse now, but \'t wa\'n\'t kuse in dem days, kaze hit \'uz done gun up dat, strike \'im w\'en you might en whar you would, Brer Rabbit wuz de soopless creetur gwine.