De big surprize

Now dat de younguns wuz savin dey selves tree hole cents a week dat savings wuz a takin plum off why deys feel rich to have tree hole dollars dun saved. Dey had a dream ya see a dream to own dey own spot of ground Tucky ground at dat. But in 1873 dat was hard to do fo black folk even if dey got de money da white folk wont sell it to dem unlessn dey can make twice what it worth. Po lil Ben and Carol Ann dont know land going for about twenty fife dollar a acre now and at tree cent a week dat gonna be a mighty long wait.
Now when Ben turn 15 him and Carol Ann done saved up six dollars and 18 cent. Now young massa Walker he knowed dey been saving dey money cause one day Ben's daddy told him how good a little worker he had hisself fo tree cent a week. Massa Walker he just smiled and said yep, he aint no dummy he knew de ol scallywag wuz a fishin fo mo but he also knew Ben wuz a keepin de udder two fo hisself. Massa Walker thought he know why too and he gonna give Ben an Carol Ann a big surprize!