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>A story? I say, at this rate ain't no stories gonna be left for me to tell to ya, son!
>Have ye heard the ol' legend of the unbreakable buck?
>They say his name was Sneed, big ol' negro bought by th' Mildreds over yonder in Haw Branch back in aught-nine
>See, he was a big 'un, and big boys like that always take a few sessions in the ol' breakin' barn, but eventually, a well trained breaker always gets the job done
>This Sneed Feller... He was diffr'nt, y'see?
>First time them Mildred boys tried to break 'im he was caught stealin' from the ol' peach tree in the frunchard... Negro was plumb uppity!
>First that boy Harvey tried ta break 'im... He got BUCKED right off...
>All 'em brothers tried and met the same end... Farm hand got BUCKED right through the side o' the damned barn...
>They even brought in the Sheriff Damien Winslow, from all the way up in High Falls, feller had over a thousand broken bucks under his belt... Even he got BUCKED off...
>Right then and ther', sheriff said what's enough's enough and sentenced him to death for an unwarranted attack on his person...
>Now listen h'yeah.. That night, them crickets ne'er been quieter, the swamp ne'er has been quite that still... Somethin' was off with that town on that night...
>Next day the buck was gone, disappeared, escaped out into the wild ne'er to been witnessed again. They say he started his life as a free-man.. Changed his name to... Na-Sneed? Somethin' like that...
>But... That's just a legend. Don't let it keep ya'up at night!