Cajun Fishing Tale
Boudreaux been fish'n down by de bayou all day an he done run outa night
crawlers. He be about reddy to leave when he seed a snake wit a big frog in
his mout. He knowed dat dem big bass like frogs so he decided to steal dat
froggie. Dat snake, hit be a cotton moufed watermoccasin so he had to be
real careful or he'd get bit.
He snuk up behine de snake and grabbed him roun de haid. Dat ole snake
din't lak dat one bit. He squirmed and wrapped hisself roun Boudreaux's arm
try'n toget hisself free. But Boudreaux, him, had a real good grip on his
haid. Well, Boudreaux pried hit's mout open and got de frog and puts it in
his bait can.
Now, Boudreaux knows dat he cain't let go dat snake or hit's gonna bite him
good, but he had a plan. He reach into de back pocket of his bib overhauls
and pulls out a pint a moonshine likker. He pour a couple of drops into de
snakes mout. Well, dat snake's eyeballs roll back in hits haid and hits
body go limp. Wit dat Boudreaux toss's dat snake into de bayou, den he goes
back to fishin.
A while later he feel sumpin tappin on his barefoot toe. He slowly look down
and dare dat water mocassin was with two frogs in his mouth.
