And B’rer Fox, he lay low.... : )
There's a reason they banned that book. It taught how to recognize the dangerous games adults really play. For the longest time, it was part of American culture, teaching children the wisdom of those ancient stories, as interpreted and brought here by an African culture. If you haven't read Harris' introduction to that book, it is an absolute must. The man was an outstanding anthropologist and humanitarian. The book also uses a device common to American humor of the 1820s, one that Twain popularized: the use of phonetic spelling to insert puns into the story that are themselves jokes about the content. It is a work of genius.