Hills Talk

The branch that once had water, now is dried up.

The mule does not pick here any more.

I see the old mule pickin out beside the barn and there is my brother and sister playing in the branch that runs down by the house.

We asked her, where was Papaw? She said, “He went seng digging.”

About that time I felt a big hand grab me by the wrist. It was Papaw and he had a switch. We went around and around. He was giving me a good one.

Why didn’t you whup Ernie too?” He said, “Ernie didn’t put the terrapin in the spring, you did. You was the ring-tailed leader of it.”

Don’t you know if you stay out long, as cold as it is, you'll get sick and die the death of a dog?" Tony was outside looking at some ponies when his Papaw warned him what the cold air could do to him.

I don’t guess he's even got any house plunder a' tall, does he?”

Tony, I got four or five butcher knives and erry one of them will cut a watermelon in two.

I’ll take it to him myself, it ain’t but a mile from here as the crow flies and I would like to see Art and talk with him for a while.”

I remember Papaw telling Melvin “I don’t know what you want to fool with them little ponies for, no how."

"My wife is lookin for a youngin' any time now"