Why Mr. Cricket Has Elbows On His Legs (Told By Uncle Remus Book 1)

In the course of time, the man who had been the little boy for ever so long came to have a little boy of his own, and then it happened in the most natural way in the world that the little boy's little boy fell under the spell of Uncle Remus, who was still halle and hearty in spite of his age.

This latest little boy was frailer and quieter than his father had been and a source of perpetual wonder to Uncle Remus who had a way of watching him curiously. Sometimes, as the result of this investigation, which was continuous, Uncle Remus would shake his head and chuckle; at other times, he would shake his head and sigh, but he always had a tale to share.

'Why Mr. Cricket Has Elbows On His Legs' is the first in a series of stories told by Uncle Remus :

"...So den, all dat bein' settle', I'm gwine tell yo' 'bout ol' Grandaddy Cricket. He must 'a' been a grandaddy long 'bout de time dat my greatgrandaddy's great-grandaddy wuz workin' for his great-grandaddy. Howsomever dat mought be, ol' Grandaddy Cricket wuz on han', an' fumall I hear he wuz bigger dan a middlin'-size goat. All endurin' er de hot weather, he'd stay out in de woods wid his fife an' his fiddle, an 'I speck he had great times. One day he'd fiddle fer de fishes fer ter dance, an' de nex' he'd l'arn de young birds how ter whistle wid his fife. Day in an' day out he frolicked an' had his fun..."

Newly republished for the Kindle using the original text, by author Joel Chandler Harris. Series Illustrators A.B. Frost, J.M. Conde and Frank Verbeck