ABSTRACT
My...my name is _ Isaac Freeman Bennett. An' I was borned. in eighteen an' ninety-six. [Int: What's the name o' this story you’re goina tell?]
Um? [Int: What's the name of the story? What do you call this story?] What's he say? [Teller's wife: What do you call the story?] Uh...uh...the..."Peter an' Minnie.’’ [Int: Who did you learn it from?] I learned he from uh...Eli Roberts. That's us...ol' Jack Roberts's uh... brother. [Int: How long ago?] Oh that's about uh...oh I guess that's about forty year ago. [Int: Was Eli older than Jack?] [Teller's wife: Yeah.] Yes Eli was older than Jack. Yes. [Int: Uh-huh. Was he also a good storyteller?] Yes. Yes he was a good hand for tellin stories yes. Good hand for tellin stories.
