Cade Posner

Two Brothers There was once two brothers who loved to play tricks on one another. The older brothers name was Billy and the younger brothers name was Jimmy. They competed with each other for everything wether it was on the playing field or in the classroom.  One day they decided they had tricked each other too much and it was time to join forces and play games with their parents. They started off the day by switching all the cereals into different boxes. So no matter what box you choose the correct cereal would not be in it. They knew this would be funny, but they needed something that would top all the other pranks they had done to each other growing up.  Billy had just turned 18 and Jimmy was 17, knowing Billy could actually go to jail now they decided they would trick their parents into thinking Billy had been arrested. That night the two boys went out with friends. Along the way they pulled over and Jimmy called his Dad saying Billy had been arrested. Very shocked and upse...

 Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris, with illustrations (1906). Arguably the best-known Uncle Remus tale is "The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story," in which Brer Fox successfully entraps Brer Rabbit by setting a tar-baby out on the big road right across Brer Rabbit's path. Brer Rabbit becomes confounded with the tar-baby's obstinate refusal to exchange pleasantries. He hits the tar-baby only to become entangled in the black tar. About this time Brer Fox makes his appearance on the road and hints that Brer Rabbit will be his dinner. In characteristic fashion, Uncle Remus ends the tale abruptly, leaving young John in suspense. Several days later, after questioning Uncle Remus about Brer Rabbit's fate, John learns that Brer Rabbit narrowly escaped death by begging Brer Fox to do anything but throw him into the "brier-patch." A gullible Brer Fox does exactly that and quickly realizes his mistake when he sees Brer Rabbit emerge up the hill from him, ...

Uncle Remus and Brer Rabbit by Joel Chandler Harris, with illustrations (1906).  Joel Chandler Harris, celebrated fiction writer and Georgia newspaperman, was born on December 9, 1848 in the town of Eatonton, Georgia as the illegitimate child of Mary Ann Harris and an Irish laborer. Despite gaining international fame, chiefly due to his animal folktales told through the voice of Uncle Remus, Harris's personal nature was decidedly more reticent. Throughout his life he suffered acute embarrassment due to his short stature, shocking red hair, and severe stammer. While plagued by his insecurities, which no doubt contributed to his frequent refusals to give public readings, Harris was naturally inclined toward humor and practical joking. As a youth he was known for being a clever prankster, a trait that would later manifest itself in the characters of Brer Rabbit, Brer Fox, and the other "creeturs" that populate his Uncle Remus tales. Harris moved to Turnwold Plantation in 186...