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how I felt. ‘You‘re jokin‘ me, t I seys~ t]~0, I ain‘t,‘ says he~ tyoutr.e free,‘ tJ~0,t says I, tltt5 a joke.‘ ‘NO,‘ says he, ~ it‘s ~‚ law that I Got to read. this paper to you. Now listen while I read it again.‘

	~‘But still I wouldn‘t believe hirn~ ‘~Tust ~o up to the house,‘ says he, tand askMrs. Robinson~ She‘ll tell you.t 30 1 went. ‘It‘.s a joke,“ I scys to her. ‘Did you ever know your master to tell you a lie .?‘ she says. ‘No,‘ says I, ‘I aintt0t ‘Well,‘ she S~EIyS, ‘the w~x~‘s ovér and. youtre free.‘

	\\ By that time ï thought niayb.e she was telling inc v~i:at ~‘as ri~t. ‘Miss ~ says I, t can I go over to see the Sra1ths~‘~-~they was a colored family thet lived nearby, tDon?t you understand.,‘ says she, ‚ you‘re free. You don‘t have to ask nie what you can. do. Run along child.‘

	\\¼Ând so I ~vent, And do you know why I vvas a!going~

I wanted to find out if they was free too.‘ ( a chuckle and toothy snille) ~ I Just couldn‘t take it all in. I couldn‘t believe we v~as all free alike. . .. ~ ~ .
.	~ ~4~t Was I happ y ? Law Mi s s • You o an . t eke anyth I ng .

~_~o ùiatter hov~ good you tre~it it—-~-4t wants to be free. You can treat it good and feed it good and give it everything it seems to want-~—~but if you open the cage -~ -lt‘s happyj