Now Brer Rabbit, he find poor Brer Jeremy sittin' on de rivabank lost in thot.
"Brer Jeremy? I sorry I locked ya in de meat locka" say Brer Rabbit.
"You should be. My poor hands are still defrosting" Brer Jeremy cry.
"I understand if ya wanna gimme de cold sholda" Brer Rabbit laff. "Too soon?"
Brer Jeremy he hang 'is head. "This is horrible. I can't stand that I hurt Patty's feelings. But when I try to talk about my emotions, I just get so frightened."
"I hates talkin' bout emoshins too" sez Brer Rabbit sezee. "Even talkin' bout yo emoshins is makin' me queasy."
"I really want to tell Patty I love her, but I just don't know how" say Brer Jeremy.
"Well, yo songs is full of emoshin. Like de one about de colorin' book" sez Brer Rabbit sezee. "Why don'tcha sing her a song."
"I see what you're doing" sez Brer Jeremy sezee. "You just want me to sing a song for your film so you can get more reviews."
"I promises dat ain't true. I does care about you an' Sis Patty" say Brer Rabbit.
"You really do, eh?"
"Sho I does."
"Then maybe I could tell Patty how I feel in a song" sez Brer Jeremy sezee. "Well, as soon as my fingers thaw out."
"I'll go getcha doze rat mittens" say Brer Rabbit.
By de Slippin' Falls, Brer Burt an' Brer Fox was waitin' fo Brer Chad ter cum back.
"So. I can't wait to meet Adele" say Brer Burt.
"Me either" Brer Fox cringe.
Jus' den, day heard a high-pitched voice b'hind 'em.
"Hello, Burt! It is I! Adele!" it said.
"Holy impersonation" sez Brer Burt sezee. "Adele sounds a lot different than I thought."
"She sounds zactly like I thot" say Brer Fox.
"Adele, come on out and say hi why don't you?" say Brer Burt.
"I can't. I have a cold and I'm a bit contagious" say de voice.
"I wish you could meet my friend Chad Stuart. I wonder where he is" say Brer Burt.
"Oh, he's probably chasing the birds or doing some other manly pursuit" say de voice.
"Oh brutha" Brer Fox mumble.
"You know, it's funny because you kinda sound like him" say Brer Burt.
"Oh, that's impossible. He's a handsome young English boy whilst I am a lovely German frauline" say de voice.
Brer Fox, he grunt in annoyance. "Alright, dat's it! I can't take it no mo'! De jig is up!"
Brer Chad, he come outta hidin'. "What gave me away?"
"Ev'rything!" Brer Fox snap.
"Guys, it's one thing to try to fool me with fake letters, but how could you think I'd fill the reservoir with jelly?" say Brer Burt.
"Gee, I dunno" sez Brer Fox sezee. "Maybe cuz you wrote you was gonna fill de reservoir wit jelly."
"And you know Cesar Romero's jelly reservoir recipe" say Brer Chad.
"I'm sorry for tricking you guys but you started it" say Brer Burt.
"We was only tryna cheer ya up cuz you neva get no mail" say Brer Fox.
"Chad hasn't gotten any mail since he came to the mountain" say Brer Burt.
"Only because my English fans can't reach me here" say Brer Chad wit a hint o' sarcasm. "Burt, we really were trying to make you feel better."
"And you succeeded. Messing with you guys was the highlight of my day" say Brer Burt.
"Well, thanks fo sayin' dat, Brer Burt" sez Brer Fox sezee. "But at what point was you onter us?"
"From the second I saw Chad's dainty handwriting" Brer Burt ansa.
"Thanks a lot, Burt" say Brer Chad.
YOU ARE READING
Jelly Side Up! (Uncle Remus style)
FanfictionTo celebrate the one-year anniversary of my Youtube movie "Jelly Side Up!", I've decided to re-write the story in the style of an actual Uncle Remus story.
