Song of the South 1946 After the Civil War, down in the Deep South state of Georgia, a little boy named Johnny Bobby Driscoll is excited about a trip to visit his grandmother living on a rural cottontobaccoricepecan plantation However, his visit soon turns painful as he learns that his parents are separating, and his dad returns to Atlanta Determined to run away, he starts off for Atlanta with all his possessions in a bag As he starts leaving the plantation, he hears former slave turned sharecropper Uncle Remus James Baskett telling a group of people stories about Brer Rabbit He stops to listen, and people start looking for him Uncle Remus reassures them he knows where the boy is Then he befriends Johnny and thru his Brer Rabbit stories convinces him to stay at home Johnny befriends a little girl named Ginny She gives him a puppy, and her older brothers want to drown it Uncle Remus once again saves the day with his stories Johnnys mother gets angry because Uncle Remus kept the dog, so she demands he not tell any more stories Uncle Remus, unhappy about the way hes being treated, leaves for Atlanta Johnny chases him and is injured by a bull Although he almost dies, one of Uncle Remus stories pulls him through