Two negroes were boasting about their family descent. “ Lemme tell you,” said Rastus, “ I kin trace ma ancestors back to the family tree.” “ Dat so? ” exclaimed Mose, “ tVaal, dere’s only two kinds ob things dat lives in trees—dem’s birds and monkeys. And you ain’t got no feathersl ”
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Evening Star, Issue 23908, 11 June 1941, Page 9
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