Hypnotized Jockey
"Whut was de time dat you run dat mile in when you win de race?" said one jockey to another. "Foh' hours, lebben minutes, an' sixteen seconds." "Ga 'long, man, whut you talkin' 'bout?" 'Tse talkin' 'bout de troof. Yoh see, dab. wus three hosses in de race, an' eb'ry owner wus skeered to win, 'case he didu't like de odds, an' wanted ter save up 'is chances foh annudah spin. So in de home stretch eb'ry boy laid hisse'i back an' pulled de lines, an' kep' on a-pullin' teil de hosses stopped, 'case no one wouldn't go 'long anead. An' dah we stood, 'case eb'ry one er us was boun' not ter be a winner. I sot an' sot, an' de fus' t'ing I know, I done got slcepy, an' de hoss jes' natcherly walked in 'fore I knowed it. I nebber will b'Uebe but whut one er dem yuther boys done got me mesmerized."
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