The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954 Page: 70

                                
TEXAS FOLK AND FOLKLORE

it flew upon the table, flippity-flop, and ou of the door flippity-
flop, and the old man and the old woman went after it hippity-
hop. But it could fly faster than they could run and soon got
out of sight.
So it went flippity-flop till it came to some men thrashing
out wheat, and they asked it, "Where are you going?"
It says, "Oh, just a little piece out yonder," and away it went
flippity-flop till it came to a man boiling soap.
He says, "Where are you going?"
It says, "Oh, just a little piece out yonder," and away it
went flippity-flop till it came to a miller grinding corn.
The miller says to it, "Where are you going?"
It says (squeaking), "Oh, just a little piece out yonder,"
and away it went flippity-flop till it came to a wolf.
And the wolf says, "Where are you going?"
It says, "Oh, just a little piece out yonder."
And the wolf says, "I'm deaf; I can't hear you; come a
little closer."
So it went a little closer and says, "Oh, just a little piece
out yonder."
The wolf says, "I can't hear you yet; come a little closer."
It went a little closer and says, "Oh, just a little piece out
.yonder."
And the wolf says, "I'm very deaf; come right close up to
me.
And it came close up to the wolf and says, "Oh, just a little
piece out yonder," and the wolf jumped at it and caught it
and ate it up.
So the old man and old woman went after it hippity-hop till
they came to the men thrashing out wheat, when they asked,
"Have you seen a johnnycake going by here flippity-flop?"
"Yes."
"What did it say?"
"It said, 'Oh, I'm going just a little piece out yonder.' "
Then away they went hippity-hop after it till they came to
the soap boiler. They asked, "Did you see a johnnycake go
by here flippity-flop?"

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