[produced] [by] [david] [reed] [just] [so] [stories] [by] [rudyard] [kipling] [table] [of] [contents] [:] [how] [the] [whale] [got] [his] [throat] [in] [the] [sea] [,] [once] [upon] [a] [time] [,] [o] [my] [best] [beloved] [,] [there] [was] [a] [whale] [,] [and] [he] [ate] [fishes] [.] all the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth so ! 1 all 2 the 1 all 3 fishes 2 the 3 fishes 3 fishes 4 he 3 fishes 12 ate 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 find 6 find 7 in 6 find 11 he 6 find 12 ate 7 in 8 all 8 all 9 the 8 all 10 sea 9 the 10 sea 11 he 12 ate 12 ate 13 with 12 ate 16 so 13 with 15 mouth 14 his 15 mouth 16 so 17 ! then [the] [whale] [stood] [up] [on] [his] [tail] and said , ['] [i] ['m] [hungry] [.] ['] 1 then 11 , 9 and 10 said 10 said 11 , ['] [no] [,] ['] [said] [the] [whale] [.] ['] [what] [is] [it] [like] [?] ['] ['] [nice] [,] ['] [said] [the] [small] ['] [stute] [fish] [.] ['] [nice] [but] [nubbly] [.] ['] ['] [then] [fetch] [me] [some] [,] ['] [said] [the] [whale] [,] [and] [he] [made] [the] [sea] [froth] [up] [with] [his] [tail] [.] ['] [one] [at] [a] [time] [is] [enough] [,] ['] [said] [the] ['] [stute] [fish] [.] [(] [have] [you] [forgotten] [the] [suspenders] [?] [)] so he said to [the] ['] [stute] [fish] , ['] [this] [man] [is] very nubbly , and besides he is making me hiccough [.] 1 so 2 he 2 he 3 said 3 said 4 to 4 to 9 , 9 , 17 and 14 very 15 nubbly 15 nubbly 17 and 16 , 17 and 17 and 20 is 18 besides 19 he 19 he 20 is 20 is 21 making 21 making 22 me 21 making 23 hiccough what shall [i] do [?] ['] 1 what 2 shall 2 shall 4 do ['] [tell] [him] [to] [come] [out] [,] ['] [said] [the] ['] [stute] [fish] [.] so [the] [whale] [called] [down] [his] [own] [throat] [to] [the] [shipwrecked] [mariner] , ['] [come] [out] and [behave] [yourself] [.] 1 so 13 , 13 , 17 and i 've got the hiccoughs [.] ['] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 got 3 got 5 hiccoughs 4 the 5 hiccoughs ['] [nay] [,] [nay] [!] ['] [said] [the] [mariner] [.] ['] [not] [so] [,] [but] [far] [otherwise] [.] take me to my natal-shore and [the] [white-cliffs-of-albion] [,] [and] [i] ['ll] think about it [.] ['] 1 take 2 me 1 take 3 to 1 take 6 and 3 to 5 natal-shore 4 my 5 natal-shore 6 and 13 think 13 think 14 about 14 about 15 it and he began to dance more than ever [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 began 3 began 4 to 4 to 5 dance 5 dance 6 more 5 dance 7 than 7 than 8 ever ['] [you] [had] [better] [take] [him] [home] [,] ['] [said] [the] ['] [stute] [fish] [to] [the] [whale] [.] ['] [i] [ought] [to] [have] [warned] [you] [that] [he] [is] [a] [man] [of] ['] then [he] [recited] [the] [following] [sloka] , [which] , as you have not heard it , [i] [will] [now] proceed to relate 1 then 7 , 1 then 9 , 9 , 10 as 10 as 11 you 10 as 16 , 11 you 16 , 12 have 13 not 12 have 14 heard 12 have 16 , 14 heard 15 it 16 , 20 proceed 20 proceed 21 to 21 to 22 relate by means of a grating [i] [have] [stopped] [your] [ating] [.] 1 by 2 means 2 means 3 of 3 of 5 grating 4 a 5 grating for [the] [mariner] he was [also] [an] [hi-ber-ni-an] [.] 1 for 4 he 4 he 5 was [so] [did] [the] [whale] [.] the [small] ['] [stute] [fish] [went] and [hid] [himself] in the mud [under] [the] [door-sills] [of] [the] [equator] [.] 1 the 7 and 7 and 12 mud 10 in 11 the 11 the 12 mud he was [afraid] [that] [the] [whale] [might] [be] angry with him [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 9 angry 9 angry 10 with 10 with 11 him [the] [sailor] [took] [the] [jack-knife] [home] [.] he was wearing the blue canvas breeches when he walked out on the shingle [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 wearing 3 wearing 7 breeches 3 wearing 12 on 4 the 7 breeches 5 blue 6 canvas 6 canvas 7 breeches 7 breeches 8 when 7 breeches 12 on 8 when 9 he 8 when 10 walked 9 he 10 walked 10 walked 11 out 12 on 14 shingle 13 the 14 shingle the suspenders were left [behind] [,] [you] [see] [,] to [tie] [the] [grating] [with] ; and that is the end of [that] tale [.] 1 the 2 suspenders 2 suspenders 3 were 3 were 4 left 4 left 10 to 10 to 23 tale 15 ; 16 and 16 and 17 that 16 and 18 is 17 that 18 is 18 is 20 end 19 the 20 end 20 end 21 of 21 of 23 tale [how] [the] [camel] [got] [his] [hump] [now] [this] [is] [the] [next] [tale] [,] [and] [it] [tells] [how] [the] [camel] [got] [his] [big] [hump] [.] [just] ['] [humph] [!] ['] [and] [no] [more] [.] ['] [humph] [!] ['] [said] [the] [camel] [;] [and] [the] [horse] [went] [away] [and] [told] [the] [man] [.] ['] [humph] [!] ['] [said] [the] [camel] [;] [and] [the] [dog] [went] [away] [and] [told] [the] [man] [.] ['] [humph] [!] ['] [said] [the] [camel] [;] [and] [the] [ox] [went] [away] [and] [told] [the] [man] [.] then he said ['] [humph] [!] ['] and went away again [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 8 and 3 said 8 and 8 and 9 went 9 went 10 away 9 went 11 again ['] [certainly] [not] [,] ['] [said] [the] [djinn] [.] he won't trot [.] ['] 1 he 2 won't 2 won't 3 trot ['] [whew] [!] ['] [said] [the] [djinn] [,] [whistling] [,] ['] [that] ['s] [my] [camel] [,] [for] [all] [the] [gold] [in] [arabia] [!] what does he say about it [?] ['] 1 what 2 does 1 what 4 say 2 does 3 he 2 does 4 say 4 say 5 about 5 about 6 it ['] [he] [says] ["] [humph] [!] ["] ['] [said] [the] [dog] [;] ['] [and] [he] [won't] [fetch] [and] [carry] [.] ['] ['] [does] [he] [say] [anything] [else] [?] ['] ['] [only] ["] [humph] [!] ["] [;] [and] [he] [won't] [plough] [,] ['] [said] [the] [ox] [.] ['] [very] [good] [,] ['] [said] [the] [djinn] [.] ['] [i] ['ll] [humph] [him] [if] [you] [will] [kindly] [wait] [a] [minute] [.] ['] ['] [humph] [!] ['] [said] [the] [camel] [.] ['] [humph] [!] ['] [said] [the] [camel] [.] ['] [i] [shouldn't] [say] [that] [again] [if] [i] [were] [you] [,] ['] [said] [the] [djinn] [;] [you] [might] [say] [it] [once] [too] [often] [.] bubbles , [i] [want] [you] [to] [work] [.] ['] 1 bubbles 2 , ['] [do] [you] [see] [that] [?] ['] [said] [the] [djinn] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [your] [very] [own] [humph] [that] [you] ['ve] [brought] [upon] [your] [very] [own] [self] [by] [not] [working] [.] to-day [is] [thursday] , [and] [you] ['ve] [done] [no] [work] [since] [monday] [,] [when] [the] [work] [began] [.] 1 to-day 4 , now you are going to work [.] ['] 1 now 2 you 2 you 3 are 3 are 4 going 4 going 5 to 5 to 6 work ['] [how] [can] [i] [,] ['] [said] [the] [camel] [,] ['] [with] [this] [humph] [on] [my] [back] [?] ['] ['] [that] ['s] [made] [a-purpose] [,] ['] [said] [the] [djinn] [,] ['] [all] [because] [you] [missed] [those] [three] [days] [.] come out [of] [the] [desert] and go to [the] [three] , and behave [.] 1 come 2 out 1 come 6 and 6 and 12 and 7 go 8 to 7 go 12 and 8 to 11 , 12 and 13 behave [humph] [yourself] [!] ['] and [the] [camel] humphed [himself] , [humph] and all [,] [and] went away to join [the] [three] [.] 1 and 4 humphed 4 humphed 6 , 6 , 8 and 8 and 9 all 8 and 12 went 12 went 13 away 12 went 14 to 14 to 15 join we climb [out] [of] [bed] [with] [a] [frouzly] [head] [and] [a] [snarly-yarly] [voice] [.] 1 we 2 climb we shiver and scowl [and] [we] [grunt] [and] [we] [growl] [at] [our] [bath] [and] [our] [boots] [and] [our] [toys] [;] 1 we 3 and 2 shiver 3 and 3 and 4 scowl and then you will find that the sun and the wind [.] 1 and 5 find 2 then 3 you 3 you 4 will 4 will 5 find 5 find 6 that 5 find 8 sun 5 find 9 and 7 the 8 sun 9 and 11 wind 10 the 11 wind and the [djinn] [of] [the] [garden] [too] [,] [have] [lifted] [the] hump [the] [horrible] [hump] [the] [hump] that is black and blue [!] 1 and 2 the 2 the 12 hump 12 hump 18 that 18 that 19 is 19 is 21 and 20 black 21 and 21 and 22 blue i [get] [it] [as] [well] [as] you-oo-oo [if] [i] [haven't] [enough] [to] do-oo-oo [we] [all] [get] hump [cameelious] [hump] [kiddies] [and] [grown-ups] [too] [!] 1 i 7 you-oo-oo 7 you-oo-oo 13 do-oo-oo 13 do-oo-oo 17 hump [how] [the] [rhinoceros] [got] [his] [skin] in those days the [rhinoceros] ['s] skin [fitted] [him] [quite] [tight] [.] 1 in 3 days 1 in 7 skin 2 those 3 days 4 the 7 skin there were no wrinkles in it anywhere [.] 1 there 2 were 2 were 4 wrinkles 2 were 5 in 2 were 7 anywhere 3 no 4 wrinkles 4 wrinkles 5 in 5 in 6 it he looked [exactly] like [a] [noah] ['s] [ark] [rhinoceros] , but [of] [course] [much] [bigger] [.] 1 he 2 looked 2 looked 4 like 4 like 10 , 10 , 11 but all the same , [he] [had] [no] manners [then] , and he has no manners now , and he never will have any manners [.] 1 all 2 the 1 all 8 manners 2 the 3 same 3 same 4 , 8 manners 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 he 11 and 17 , 12 he 13 has 13 has 15 manners 14 no 15 manners 15 manners 16 now 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 he 18 and 22 have 19 he 21 will 20 never 21 will 21 will 22 have 22 have 24 manners 23 any 24 manners [them] [that] [takes] [cakes] [which] [the] [parsee-man] [bakes] [makes] [dreadful] [mistakes] [.] and there was a great deal more in that than you would think [.] 1 and 2 there 1 and 3 was 2 there 3 was 3 was 6 deal 3 was 7 more 3 was 9 that 4 a 5 great 5 great 6 deal 8 in 9 that 9 that 11 you 9 that 13 think 10 than 11 you 11 you 12 would 12 would 13 think because [,] [five] [weeks] [later] [,] [there] [was] [a] [heat] [wave] [in] [the] [red] [sea] [,] [and] [everybody] [took] [off] [all] [the] [clothes] they had [.] 1 because 24 they 24 they 25 had in those days it buttoned underneath with three buttons and looked like a waterproof [.] 1 in 3 days 1 in 4 it 2 those 3 days 4 it 10 and 5 buttoned 6 underneath 5 buttoned 7 with 5 buttoned 10 and 7 with 9 buttons 8 three 9 buttons 10 and 11 looked 10 and 12 like 12 like 14 waterproof 13 a 14 waterproof he waddled straight into the water and blew bubbles through his nose , leaving his skin on the beach [.] 1 he 7 and 2 waddled 3 straight 2 waddled 7 and 3 straight 4 into 4 into 6 water 5 the 6 water 7 and 8 blew 8 blew 9 bubbles 8 blew 10 through 9 bubbles 10 through 10 through 12 nose 11 his 12 nose 12 nose 14 leaving 13 , 14 leaving 14 leaving 16 skin 14 leaving 17 on 15 his 16 skin 16 skin 17 on 17 on 19 beach 18 the 19 beach presently [the] [parsee] [came] [by] [and] [found] [the] [skin] , [and] he smiled one smile that ran all [round] his face two times [.] 1 presently 10 , 1 presently 12 he 12 he 13 smiled 13 smiled 15 smile 14 one 15 smile 15 smile 16 that 15 smile 17 ran 16 that 17 ran 17 ran 18 all 17 ran 23 times 18 all 20 his 18 all 21 face 20 his 21 face 22 two 23 times then he danced three times round the skin and rubbed his hands [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 danced 3 danced 4 three 3 danced 12 hands 4 three 5 times 4 three 9 and 5 times 9 and 6 round 8 skin 6 round 9 and 7 the 8 skin 9 and 10 rubbed 11 his 12 hands then he climbed to the top of his palm-tree and waited [for] [the] [rhinoceros] to come out of the water and put it on [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 10 and 3 climbed 4 to 3 climbed 10 and 4 to 6 top 5 the 6 top 6 top 7 of 7 of 9 palm-tree 8 his 9 palm-tree 10 and 21 and 11 waited 15 to 11 waited 21 and 15 to 16 come 16 come 18 of 17 out 18 of 18 of 20 water 19 the 20 water 21 and 22 put 22 put 23 it 22 put 24 on and [the] [rhinoceros] did [.] 1 and 4 did he buttoned it up with the three buttons , and it tickled like cake crumbs in bed [.] 1 he 2 buttoned 2 buttoned 3 it 3 it 4 up 4 up 5 with 5 with 10 and 6 the 7 three 7 three 8 buttons 8 buttons 10 and 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 it 11 it 12 tickled 12 tickled 13 like 12 tickled 17 bed 13 like 15 crumbs 14 cake 15 crumbs 16 in 17 bed then he ran to the palm-tree and rubbed and rubbed and rubbed himself against it [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 7 and 3 ran 4 to 3 ran 7 and 4 to 6 palm-tree 5 the 6 palm-tree 7 and 9 and 7 and 13 himself 7 and 14 against 8 rubbed 9 and 9 and 11 and 10 rubbed 11 and 11 and 12 rubbed 14 against 15 it and it spoiled [his] [temper] , but it didn't make the least difference to the cake-crumbs [.] 1 and 2 it 1 and 6 , 2 it 3 spoiled 6 , 7 but 7 but 8 it 7 but 10 make 8 it 9 didn't 10 make 13 difference 11 the 13 difference 12 least 13 difference 13 difference 14 to 14 to 16 cake-crumbs 15 the 16 cake-crumbs they were inside his skin and they tickled [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 3 inside 3 inside 6 and 4 his 5 skin 5 skin 6 and 6 and 7 they 6 and 8 tickled [how] [the] [leopard] [got] [his] [spots] [in] [the] [days] [when] [everybody] [started] [fair] [,] [best] [beloved] [,] [the] [leopard] [lived] [in] [a] [place] [called] [the] [high] [veldt] [.] he would [indeed] [!] 1 he 2 would they didn't [indeed] [!] 1 they 2 didn't said [leopard] [to] [baviaan] [(] [and] it was a very hot day ) , ['] [where] [has] [all] [the] [game] [gone] [?] ['] 1 said 7 it 1 said 14 , 7 it 8 was 8 was 12 day 9 a 10 very 9 a 12 day 10 very 11 hot 11 hot 12 day 13 ) 14 , [and] [baviaan] [winked] [.] he knew [.] 1 he 2 knew said [the] [ethiopian] to [baviaan] [,] ['] [can] [you] tell [me] the present habitat of the aboriginal [fauna] [?] ['] 1 said 17 aboriginal 4 to 10 tell 10 tell 14 habitat 12 the 14 habitat 13 present 14 habitat 14 habitat 15 of 15 of 16 the 16 the 17 aboriginal ( that meant just the same thing [,] [but] [the] [ethiopian] [always] [used] [long] [words] [.] 1 ( 3 meant 2 that 3 meant 3 meant 7 thing 4 just 6 same 5 the 6 same 6 same 7 thing he was a grown-up [.] [)] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 grown-up 3 a 4 grown-up [and] [baviaan] [winked] [.] he knew [.] 1 he 2 knew and [the] [ethiopian] [said] [,] ['] [that] is all [very] [fine] , but [i] [wish] [to] [know] [whither] [the] [aboriginal] [fauna] has [migrated] [.] ['] 1 and 8 is 1 and 12 , 8 is 9 all 12 , 13 but 13 but 22 has ( [say] [that] [quickly] [aloud] , and you will see how very shadowy the forest must have been [.] [)] 1 ( 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 you 8 you 9 will 9 will 10 see 10 see 11 how 11 how 12 very 12 very 13 shadowy 13 shadowy 18 been 14 the 15 forest 15 forest 16 must 16 must 17 have 17 have 18 been ['] [i] [don't] [know] [,] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [,] ['] [but] [it] [ought] [to] [be] [the] [aboriginal] [flora] [.] i can smell [giraffe] , and [i] [can] [hear] [giraffe] [,] [but] [i] [can't] [see] [giraffe] [.] ['] 1 i 5 , 2 can 3 smell 2 can 5 , 5 , 6 and ['] [that] ['s] [curious] [,] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [.] ['] [i] [suppose] [it] [is] [because] [we] [have] [just] [come] [in] [out] [of] [the] [sunshine] [.] i can smell [zebra] , and [i] [can] [hear] [zebra] [,] [but] [i] [can't] [see] [zebra] [.] ['] 1 i 5 , 2 can 3 smell 2 can 5 , 5 , 6 and ['] [wait] [a] [bit] [,] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [.] ['] [it] ['s] [a] [long] [time] [since] [we] ['ve] [hunted] ['] [em] [.] perhaps we 've forgotten what they were like [.] ['] 1 perhaps 2 we 2 we 3 've 3 've 4 forgotten 4 forgotten 5 what 5 what 6 they 5 what 8 like 6 they 7 were 7 were 8 like ['] [fiddle] [!] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [.] ['] [i] [remember] [them] [perfectly] [on] [the] [high] [veldt] [,] [especially] [their] [marrow-bones] [.] ['] [umm] [,] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [,] [looking] [into] [the] [speckly-spickly] [shadows] [of] [the] [aboriginal] [flora-forest] [.] ['] [then] [they] [ought] [to] [show] [up] [in] [this] [dark] [place] [like] [ripe] [bananas] [in] [a] [smokehouse] [.] ['] but they didn't [.] 1 but 2 they 2 they 3 didn't the [leopard] and [the] [ethiopian] [hunted] all [day] [;] and [though] [they] [could] smell [them] [and] [hear] [them] [,] [they] [never] [saw] [one] [of] [them] [.] 1 the 14 smell 3 and 7 all 3 and 10 and 10 and 14 smell ['] [for] [goodness] ['] [sake] [,] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [at] [tea-time] [,] ['] [let] [us] [wait] [till] [it] [gets] [dark] [.] this daylight hunting is a perfect scandal [.] ['] 1 this 2 daylight 2 daylight 3 hunting 2 daylight 4 is 4 is 7 scandal 5 a 6 perfect 5 a 7 scandal 6 perfect 7 scandal so he said , ['] [be] [quiet] , [o] you [person] [without] [any] [form] [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 8 , 2 he 3 said 3 said 4 , 8 , 10 you i am going to sit on your head till morning , because there is something about [you] [that] [i] [don't] [understand] [.] ['] 1 i 2 am 2 am 3 going 2 am 16 about 3 going 4 to 3 going 5 sit 4 to 5 sit 5 sit 6 on 5 sit 9 till 5 sit 12 because 6 on 8 head 7 your 8 head 9 till 10 morning 11 , 12 because 12 because 13 there 12 because 14 is 13 there 14 is 14 is 15 something it [smells] [like] [giraffe] [,] [and] [it] kicks [like] [giraffe] [,] [but] [it] [hasn't] [any] [form] [.] ['] 1 it 8 kicks ['] [don't] [you] [trust] [it] [,] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [.] ['] [sit] [on] [its] [head] [till] [the] [morning] [same] [as] [me] [.] they haven't any form [any] [of] ['] em [.] ['] 1 they 2 haven't 2 haven't 8 em 3 any 8 em 4 form 8 em what have you at your end of the table [,] [brother] [?] ['] 1 what 2 have 2 have 3 you 2 have 4 at 4 at 6 end 5 your 6 end 6 end 7 of 7 of 9 table 8 the 9 table what [in] [the] world have you been doing to yourself [,] [zebra] [?] 1 what 4 world 4 world 5 have 4 world 8 doing 5 have 6 you 5 have 7 been 7 been 8 doing 8 doing 9 to 9 to 10 yourself don't you know that if you were on the [high] [veldt] [i] [could] [see] [you] [ten] miles [off] [?] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 know 3 know 4 that 3 know 5 if 5 if 6 you 5 if 7 were 6 you 7 were 7 were 8 on 8 on 17 miles 9 the 17 miles you haven't any form [.] ['] 1 you 2 haven't 2 haven't 4 form 3 any 4 form ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [the] [zebra] [,] ['] [but] [this] [isn't] [the] [high] [veldt] [.] can't you see [?] ['] 1 can't 2 you 1 can't 3 see ['] [i] [can] [now] [,] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [.] ['] [but] [i] [couldn't] [all] [yesterday] [.] how is it done [?] ['] 1 how 2 is 2 is 3 it 3 it 4 done ['] [let] [us] [up] [,] ['] [said] [the] [zebra] [,] ['] [and] [we] [will] [show] [you] [.] ['] [now] [watch] [,] ['] [said] [the] [zebra] [and] [the] [giraffe] [.] ['] [this] [is] [the] [way] [it] ['s] [done] [.] one two [three] [!] 1 one 2 two and where 's your breakfast [?] ['] 1 and 2 where 1 and 3 's 2 where 3 's 3 's 5 breakfast 4 your 5 breakfast they had just walked off and hidden themselves in the shadowy forest [.] 1 they 2 had 2 had 6 and 3 just 4 walked 4 walked 5 off 4 walked 6 and 6 and 7 hidden 6 and 8 themselves 6 and 9 in 9 in 12 forest 10 the 12 forest 11 shadowy 12 forest ['] [hi] [!] [hi] [!] ['] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [a] [trick] [worth] [learning] [.] take a lesson by [it] , [leopard] [.] 1 take 3 lesson 1 take 4 by 2 a 3 lesson 3 lesson 4 by 4 by 6 , you show up in this dark place like a bar of soap in a coal-scuttle [.] ['] 1 you 3 up 2 show 3 up 3 up 4 in 3 up 8 like 3 up 13 in 4 in 7 place 5 this 7 place 6 dark 7 place 7 place 8 like 8 like 10 bar 9 a 10 bar 10 bar 11 of 11 of 12 soap 13 in 15 coal-scuttle 14 a 15 coal-scuttle ['] [ho] [!] ho [!] ['] said [the] [leopard] [.] 1 ho 4 said ['] [well] [,] [calling] [names] [won't] [catch] [dinner] [,] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [.] ['] [the] [long] [and] [the] [little] [of] [it] [is] [that] [we] [don't] [match] [our] [backgrounds] [.] i 'm going to take [baviaan] ['s] advice [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 going 3 going 4 to 4 to 5 take 5 take 8 advice he [told] [me] [i] ought to change [;] [and] [as] [i] ['ve] [nothing] [to] [change] [except] [my] [skin] [i] ['m] [going] [to] [change] [that] [.] ['] 1 he 5 ought 5 ought 6 to 6 to 7 change ['] [what] [to] [?] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [,] [tremendously] [excited] [.] ['] [to] [a] [nice] [working] [blackish-brownish] [colour] [,] [with] [a] [little] [purple] [in] [it] [,] [and] [touches] [of] [slaty-blue] [.] it will be the very thing for hiding in hollows and behind trees [.] ['] 1 it 2 will 2 will 3 be 3 be 6 thing 3 be 7 for 3 be 9 in 4 the 5 very 4 the 6 thing 6 thing 7 for 7 for 8 hiding 8 hiding 9 in 9 in 11 and 10 hollows 11 and 11 and 13 trees 12 behind 13 trees ['] [but] [what] [about] [me] [?] ['] [he] [said] [,] [when] [the] [ethiopian] [had] [worked] [his] [last] [little] [finger] [into] [his] [fine] [new] [black] [skin] [.] ['] [you] [take] [baviaan] ['s] [advice] [too] [.] he told you to go into spots [.] ['] 1 he 2 told 2 told 3 you 2 told 4 to 2 told 5 go 4 to 5 go 5 go 6 into 6 into 7 spots ['] [so] [i] [did] [,] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [.] i went [into] [other] [spots] [as] [fast] [as] [i] [could] [.] 1 i 2 went i went [into] [this] [spot] with you , and a lot of [good] it has done me [.] ['] 1 i 8 , 2 went 6 with 2 went 8 , 6 with 7 you 8 , 9 and 9 and 14 it 9 and 16 done 10 a 11 lot 11 lot 12 of 11 lot 14 it 12 of 14 it 14 it 15 has 15 has 16 done 16 done 17 me ['] [oh] [,] ['] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [,] ['] [baviaan] [didn't] [mean] [spots] [in] [south] [africa] [.] he meant spots on your skin [.] ['] 1 he 2 meant 2 meant 3 spots 2 meant 4 on 3 spots 4 on 4 on 6 skin 5 your 6 skin ['] [what] ['s] [the] [use] [of] [that] [?] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [.] ['] [think] [of] [giraffe] [,] ['] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [.] ['] [or] [if] [you] [prefer] [stripes] [,] [think] [of] [zebra] [.] they find their spots and stripes give them per-feet satisfaction [.] ['] 1 they 2 find 2 find 5 and 2 find 7 give 3 their 4 spots 4 spots 5 and 5 and 6 stripes 5 and 7 give 7 give 8 them 7 give 10 satisfaction 9 per-feet 10 satisfaction ['] [umm] [,] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [.] ['] [i] [wouldn't] [look] [like] [zebra] [not] [for] [ever] [so] [.] ['] ['] [i] ['ll] [take] [spots] [,] [then] [,] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [;] ['] [but] [don't] [make] ['] [em] [too] [vulgar-big] [.] i wouldn't [look] [like] [giraffe] [not] [for] [ever] [so] [.] ['] 1 i 2 wouldn't ['] [i] ['ll] [make] ['] [em] [with] [the] [tips] [of] [my] [fingers] [,] ['] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [.] ['] [there] ['s] [plenty] [of] [black] [left] [on] [my] [skin] [still] [.] stand over [!] ['] 1 stand 2 over you can see them on [any] [leopard] ['s] [skin] [you] [like] , [best] [beloved] [.] 1 you 2 can 2 can 3 see 3 see 4 them 3 see 5 on 5 on 12 , ['] [now] [you] [are] [a] [beauty] [!] ['] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [.] ['] [you] [can] [lie] [out] [on] [the] [bare] [ground] [and] [look] [like] [a] [heap] [of] [pebbles] [.] you can lie out on the naked rocks and look like a piece of pudding-stone [.] 1 you 2 can 2 can 3 lie 3 lie 4 out 3 lie 5 on 3 lie 11 like 5 on 9 and 6 the 8 rocks 7 naked 8 rocks 8 rocks 9 and 9 and 10 look 9 and 11 like 11 like 13 piece 12 a 13 piece 13 piece 14 of 14 of 15 pudding-stone think of that and purr [!] ['] 1 think 2 of 2 of 4 and 3 that 4 and 4 and 5 purr ['] [but] [if] [i] ['m] [all] [this] [,] ['] [said] [the] [leopard] [,] ['] [why] [didn't] [you] [go] [spotty] [too] [?] ['] ['] [oh] [,] [plain] [black] ['s] [best] [for] [a] [nigger] [,] ['] [said] [the] [ethiopian] [.] ['] [now] [come] [along] [and] [we] ['ll] [see] [if] [we] [can't] [get] [even] [with] [mr] [one-two-three] [where] ['s] [your] [breakfast] [!] ['] so they went away and lived happily ever afterward , [best] [beloved] [.] 1 so 2 they 2 they 5 and 3 went 4 away 3 went 5 and 5 and 6 lived 5 and 7 happily 5 and 8 ever 5 and 9 afterward 9 afterward 10 , that is all [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 all oh , [now] [and] [then] [you] [will] [hear] [grown-ups] [say] , ['] [can] [the] [ethiopian] [change] [his] [skin] [or] [the] [leopard] [his] [spots] [?] ['] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 11 , but they will never do it again , [best] [beloved] [.] 1 but 5 do 1 but 8 , 2 they 3 will 3 will 5 do 4 never 5 do 5 do 6 it 5 do 7 again they are quite contented as they are [.] 1 they 2 are 2 are 4 contented 3 quite 4 contented 4 contented 5 as 5 as 6 they 6 they 7 are people have come in a carriage calling [.] 1 people 2 have 2 have 3 come 3 come 4 in 4 in 6 carriage 5 a 6 carriage 6 carriage 7 calling but [mummy] is [there] [....y] [.] 1 but 3 is yes , [i] [can] [go] if you take [me] [nurse] [says] [she] [don't] care [.] 1 yes 2 , 2 , 6 if 6 if 7 you 7 you 8 take 8 take 14 care let's go up to the pig-sties and sit on the farmyard rails [!] 1 let's 7 and 2 go 3 up 2 go 4 to 2 go 7 and 4 to 5 the 5 the 6 pig-sties 7 and 8 sit 8 sit 9 on 9 on 12 rails 10 the 12 rails 11 farmyard 12 rails let's say things to the bunnies , and watch ['] em skitter their tails [!] 1 let's 2 say 2 say 3 things 2 say 12 skitter 3 things 4 to 3 things 12 skitter 4 to 8 and 5 the 6 bunnies 6 bunnies 8 and 7 , 8 and 8 and 11 em 9 watch 11 em 12 skitter 14 tails 13 their 14 tails here ['s] [your] [boots] [(] [i've] [brought] ['] [em] [)] , [and] here 's your cap and stick , [and] here 's your pipe and tobacco [.] 1 here 11 , 1 here 19 , 11 , 13 here 13 here 14 's 14 's 17 and 15 your 16 cap 16 cap 17 and 17 and 18 stick 19 , 21 here 21 here 22 's 22 's 25 and 23 your 24 pipe 24 pipe 25 and 25 and 26 tobacco oh , come along out of it quick [.] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 3 come 3 come 4 along 3 come 6 of 3 come 8 quick 5 out 6 of 6 of 7 it [the] [elephant's] [child] [in] [the] [high] [and] [far-off] [times] [the] [elephant] [,] [o] [best] [beloved] [,] [had] [no] [trunk] [.] and he lived in [africa] , and he filled [all] [africa] with his ['] satiable curtiosities [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 lived 3 lived 4 in 4 in 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 8 he 7 and 9 filled 9 filled 12 with 12 with 16 curtiosities 13 his 16 curtiosities 15 satiable 16 curtiosities and still he was full of ['] satiable curtiosity [!] 1 and 4 was 2 still 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 full 5 full 6 of 6 of 9 curtiosity 8 satiable 9 curtiosity and still he was full of ['] satiable curtiosity [!] 1 and 4 was 2 still 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 full 5 full 6 of 6 of 9 curtiosity 8 satiable 9 curtiosity and still he was full of ['] satiable curtiosity [!] 1 and 4 was 2 still 3 he 3 he 4 was 4 was 5 full 5 full 6 of 6 of 9 curtiosity 8 satiable 9 curtiosity he asked [,] ['] [what] [does] [the] [crocodile] [have] [for] [dinner] [?] ['] 1 he 2 asked and they all spanked him once more for luck , [though] [he] [asked] them [most] [politely] [to] [stop] [.] 1 and 2 they 1 and 4 spanked 2 they 4 spanked 3 all 4 spanked 4 spanked 5 him 4 spanked 6 once 4 spanked 7 more 4 spanked 8 for 8 for 10 , 9 luck 10 , 10 , 14 them it was all his ['] satiable curtiosity [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 3 all 3 all 4 his 3 all 7 curtiosity 4 his 7 curtiosity 6 satiable 7 curtiosity the first thing that he found was a curled round [a] rock [.] 1 the 3 thing 2 first 3 thing 3 thing 4 that 3 thing 6 found 3 thing 7 was 4 that 5 he 4 that 6 found 5 he 6 found 7 was 12 rock 8 a 12 rock 9 curled 12 rock 10 round 12 rock ['] [have] [i] [seen] [a] [crocodile] [?] ['] [said] [the] [,] [in] [a] [voice] [of] [dretful] [scorn] [.] ['] [what] [will] [you] [ask] [me] [next] [?] ['] " [scuse] [me] [,] ['] said [the] [elephant] ['s] [child] [,] ['] [but] [could] [you] [kindly] [tell] [me] [what] he [has] [for] [dinner] [?] ['] 1 " 6 said 6 said 20 he then [the] uncoiled himself very quickly from the rock [,] and spanked [the] [elephant] ['s] [child] with [his] scalesome , flailsome [tail] [.] 1 then 3 uncoiled 3 uncoiled 4 himself 3 uncoiled 6 quickly 3 uncoiled 7 from 3 uncoiled 11 and 5 very 6 quickly 7 from 9 rock 8 the 9 rock 11 and 12 spanked 12 spanked 17 with 17 with 20 , 19 scalesome 20 , 20 , 21 flailsome but it was [really] [the] [crocodile] , [o] [best] [beloved] , [and] [the] [crocodile] [winked] [one] [eye] like this [!] 1 but 2 it 1 but 11 , 2 it 3 was 3 was 7 , 11 , 18 like 18 like 19 this ['] [come] [hither] [,] [little] [one] [,] ['] [said] [the] [crocodile] [.] ['] [why] [do] [you] [ask] [such] [things] [?] ['] will you please tell me what you have for dinner [?] ['] 1 will 2 you 1 will 4 tell 3 please 4 tell 4 tell 5 me 4 tell 6 what 6 what 7 you 6 what 8 have 7 you 8 have 8 have 9 for 9 for 10 dinner ['] [come] [hither] [,] [little] [one] [,] ['] [said] [the] [crocodile] [,] ['] [and] [i] ['ll] [whisper] [.] ['] you are hurtig [be] [!] ['] 1 you 2 are 2 are 3 hurtig this is the way [always] talk [.] 1 this 2 is 2 is 6 talk 3 the 6 talk 4 way 6 talk that is the way all always talk [.] 1 that 2 is 2 is 4 way 3 the 4 way 4 way 5 all 4 way 7 talk 5 all 7 talk 6 always 7 talk ['] [what] [are] [you] [doing] [that] [for] [?] ['] [said] [the] ['] [then] [you] [will] [have] [to] [wait] [a] [long] [time] [,] [said] [the] ['] [some] [people] [do] [not] [know] [what] [is] [good] [for] [them] [.] ['] the [elephant] ['s] [child] [sat] [there] [for] three [days] [waiting] [for] [his] [nose] [to] [shrink] [.] 1 the 8 three but it [never] grew [any] [shorter] , and , besides , it made him squint [.] 1 but 2 it 1 but 7 , 2 it 4 grew 7 , 8 and 8 and 9 , 8 and 12 it 8 and 13 made 9 , 10 besides 10 besides 11 , 10 besides 12 it 12 it 13 made 13 made 14 him 13 made 15 squint ["] [vantage] [number] [one] [!] ['] [said] [the] ['] [you] [couldn't] [have] [done] [that] [with] [a] [mere-smear] [nose] [.] try and eat a little now [.] ['] 1 try 2 and 2 and 3 eat 3 eat 5 little 3 eat 6 now 4 a 5 little ['] [vantage] [number] [two] [!] ['] [said] [the] ['] [you] [couldn't] [have] [done] [that] [with] [a] [mear-smear] [nose] [.] don't you think the sun is very hot here [?] ['] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 think 3 think 5 sun 3 think 6 is 4 the 5 sun 5 sun 6 is 6 is 8 hot 7 very 8 hot 8 hot 9 here ['] [vantage] [number] [three] [!] ['] [said] [the] ['] [you] [couldn't] [have] [done] [that] [with] [a] [mere-smear] [nose] [.] now how do you feel about being spanked again [?] ['] 1 now 2 how 2 how 3 do 3 do 4 you 3 do 5 feel 5 feel 6 about 6 about 7 being 7 being 8 spanked 8 spanked 9 again ["] [scuse] [me] [,] ['] [said] [the] [elephant] ['s] [child] [,] ['] [but] [i] [should] [not] [like] [it] [at] [all] [.] ['] ['] [how] [would] [you] [like] [to] [spank] [somebody] [?] ['] [said] [the] ['] [i] [should] [like] [it] [very] [much] [indeed] [,] ['] [said] [the] [elephant] ['s] [child] [.] ['] [well] [,] ['] [said] [the] [,] ['] [you] [will] [find] [that] [new] [nose] [of] [yours] [very] [useful] [to] [spank] [people] [with] [.] ['] so [the] [elephant] ['s] [child] [went] [home] [across] [africa] [frisking] [and] whisking [his] [trunk] [.] 1 so 12 whisking when he wanted grass he plucked grass up from the ground [,] instead of going on his knees as he used to do [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 wanted 1 when 5 he 2 he 3 wanted 3 wanted 4 grass 5 he 6 plucked 6 plucked 7 grass 7 grass 8 up 8 up 9 from 8 up 14 of 8 up 22 to 8 up 23 do 9 from 11 ground 10 the 11 ground 13 instead 14 of 14 of 15 going 15 going 16 on 15 going 21 used 16 on 18 knees 17 his 18 knees 19 as 20 he 19 as 21 used 20 he 21 used 22 to 23 do when he felt lonely [walking] [through] [africa] he sang to himself down his trunk [,] [and] [the] [noise] [was] [louder] [than] [several] [brass] [bands] [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 felt 1 when 8 he 2 he 3 felt 3 felt 4 lonely 8 he 9 sang 9 sang 10 to 10 to 12 down 11 himself 12 down 12 down 14 trunk 13 his 14 trunk they were very glad to see him , and [immediately] said [,] ['] [come] [here] and be spanked for your ['] satiable curtiosity [.] ['] 1 they 9 and 2 were 4 glad 2 were 9 and 3 very 4 glad 4 glad 5 to 5 to 6 see 6 see 7 him 8 , 9 and 9 and 16 and 11 said 16 and 16 and 17 be 17 be 18 spanked 18 spanked 19 for 19 for 23 curtiosity 20 your 23 curtiosity 22 satiable 23 curtiosity ['] [pooh] [,] ['] [said] [the] [elephant] ['s] [child] [.] ['] [i] [don't] [think] [you] [peoples] [know] [anything] [about] [spanking] [;] [but] [i] [do] [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [show] [you] [.] ['] then he uncurled his trunk and knocked two of his dear brothers head over heels [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 6 and 3 uncurled 5 trunk 3 uncurled 6 and 4 his 5 trunk 6 and 7 knocked 6 and 14 over 7 knocked 8 two 8 two 9 of 8 two 14 over 9 of 11 dear 10 his 11 dear 11 dear 12 brothers 11 dear 13 head 12 brothers 13 head 14 over 15 heels ['] [i] [asked] [him] [what] [he] [had] [for] [dinner] [,] [and] [he] [gave] [me] [this] [to] [keep] [.] ['] ['] [it] [looks] [very] [ugly] [,] ['] [said] [his] [hairy] [uncle] [,] [the] [baboon] [.] ['] [it] [does] [,] ['] [said] [the] [elephant] ['s] [child] [.] then [that] [bad] [elephant] ['s] [child] [spanked] [all] [his] [dear] [families] [for] [a] [long] [time] , [till] they were [very] [warm] [and] greatly astonished [.] 1 then 16 , 1 then 18 they 18 they 19 were 19 were 24 astonished 23 greatly 24 astonished i let them rest from nine till five [.] 1 i 2 let 2 let 3 them 2 let 4 rest 4 rest 5 from 5 from 7 till 6 nine 7 till 7 till 8 five [the] [sing-song] [of] [old] [man] [kangaroo] [not] [always] [was] [the] [kangaroo] [as] [now] [we] [do] [behold] [him] [,] [but] [a] [different] [animal] [with] [four] [short] [legs] [.] he went to [nqa] [at] [six] [before] [breakfast] , [saying] , ['] [make] [me] [different] [from] all other animals [by] [five] this afternoon [.] ['] 1 he 2 went 2 went 3 to 2 went 23 afternoon 3 to 9 , 9 , 11 , 11 , 19 animals 17 all 18 other 18 other 19 animals 22 this 23 afternoon up jumped [nqa] from his seat on [the] [sandflat] and shouted , ['] [go] [away] [!] ['] 1 up 10 and 1 up 12 , 2 jumped 4 from 2 jumped 10 and 4 from 6 seat 5 his 6 seat 6 seat 7 on 10 and 11 shouted up jumped [nquing] from his burrow in the spinifex and shouted , ['] [go] [away] [!] ['] 1 up 10 and 1 up 12 , 2 jumped 7 in 2 jumped 10 and 4 from 6 burrow 5 his 6 burrow 6 burrow 7 in 7 in 9 spinifex 8 the 9 spinifex 10 and 11 shouted up jumped [nqong] from his bath in the salt-pan and shouted , ['] [yes] [,] [i] [will] [!] ['] 1 up 10 and 1 up 12 , 2 jumped 4 from 2 jumped 10 and 4 from 6 bath 5 his 6 bath 6 bath 7 in 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 salt-pan 10 and 11 shouted nqong called [dingo] [yellow-dog] [dingo] [always] [hungry] , [dusty] in the sunshine [,] and showed [him] [kangaroo] [.] 1 nqong 14 and 2 called 14 and 8 , 12 sunshine 8 , 14 and 10 in 11 the 11 the 12 sunshine 14 and 15 showed nqong said , ['] [dingo] [!] 1 nqong 2 said 2 said 3 , wake up [,] [dingo] [!] 1 wake 2 up do you see that gentleman dancing on an ashpit [?] 1 do 2 you 1 do 3 see 3 see 5 gentleman 3 see 7 on 4 that 5 gentleman 5 gentleman 6 dancing 5 gentleman 7 on 7 on 9 ashpit 8 an 9 ashpit he wants to be popular and [very] truly run [after] [.] 1 he 2 wants 2 wants 3 to 2 wants 6 and 3 to 6 and 4 be 5 popular 4 be 6 and 6 and 9 run 8 truly 9 run dingo , [make] [him] [so] [!] ['] 1 dingo 2 , up jumped [dingo] [yellow-dog] [dingo] and said , ['] [what] , that cat-rabbit [?] ['] 1 up 6 and 2 jumped 6 and 6 and 7 said 7 said 8 , 8 , 13 cat-rabbit 11 , 12 that 12 that 13 cat-rabbit off [ran] [dingo] [yellow-dog] [dingo] [always] [hungry] , [grinning] [like] [a] [coal-scuttle] [,] [ran] [after] [kangaroo] [.] 1 off 8 , [off] [went] [the] [proud] [kangaroo] [on] [his] [four] [little] [legs] [like] [a] [bunny] [.] [this] [,] [o] [beloved] [of] [mine] [,] [ends] [the] [first] [part] [of] [the] [tale] [!] he had to ! 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 to 3 to 4 ! still [ran] [dingo] [yellow-dog] [dingo] [always] [hungry] , [grinning] like [a] [rat-trap] [,] [never] [getting] [nearer] [,] [never] [getting] [farther] [,] [ran] [after] [kangaroo] [.] 1 still 8 , 8 , 10 like he had to ! 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 to 3 to 4 ! [still] [ran] [kangaroo] [old] [man] [kangaroo] [.] he had to ! 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 to 3 to 4 ! he had to ! 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 to 3 to 4 ! he hopped [through] [the] [flinders] [;] [he] [hopped] [through] [the] [cinders] ; he hopped through the deserts in the middle [of] [australia] [.] 1 he 2 hopped 2 hopped 18 in 12 ; 13 he 13 he 14 hopped 14 hopped 15 through 15 through 17 deserts 16 the 17 deserts 17 deserts 18 in 18 in 20 middle 19 the 20 middle he hopped [like] [a] [kangaroo] [.] 1 he 2 hopped he hadn't any time for rest or refreshment , and he wanted them very much [.] 1 he 2 hadn't 2 hadn't 4 time 2 hadn't 5 for 3 any 4 time 4 time 5 for 5 for 7 or 6 rest 7 or 7 or 8 refreshment 8 refreshment 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 11 he 10 and 12 wanted 11 he 12 wanted 12 wanted 13 them 12 wanted 15 much 14 very 15 much for he hopped like [a] [cricket] ; like a pea in a saucepan [;] or a new rubber ball on [a] [nursery] floor [.] 1 for 2 he 2 he 3 hopped 3 hopped 4 like 4 like 23 floor 7 ; 8 like 8 like 10 pea 8 like 11 in 8 like 20 on 9 a 10 pea 10 pea 11 in 11 in 15 or 12 a 13 saucepan 13 saucepan 15 or 15 or 19 ball 15 or 20 on 16 a 19 ball 17 new 18 rubber 18 rubber 19 ball 20 on 23 floor he had to ! 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 to 3 to 4 ! he had to ! 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 to 3 to 4 ! then came [nqong] from his bath in the salt-pans , and said , ['] [it] ['s] [five] [o'clock] [.] ['] 1 then 2 came 2 came 4 from 2 came 7 in 2 came 11 and 4 from 6 bath 5 his 6 bath 7 in 8 the 8 the 9 salt-pans 9 salt-pans 10 , 11 and 12 said 12 said 13 , down [sat] [dingo] [poor] [dog] [dingo] [always] [hungry] , dusky in [the] sunshine [;] [hung] [out] [his] [tongue] [and] [howled] [.] 1 down 13 sunshine 9 , 10 dusky 10 dusky 11 in 11 in 13 sunshine then said [nqong] , who is always a gentleman [,] ['] [why] [aren't] [you] [grateful] [to] [yellow-dog] [dingo] [?] 1 then 4 , 1 then 5 who 2 said 4 , 5 who 6 is 6 is 7 always 6 is 9 gentleman 8 a 9 gentleman why don't you thank him for all he has done for you [?] ['] 1 why 2 don't 2 don't 3 you 2 don't 4 thank 4 thank 5 him 4 thank 6 for 4 thank 11 for 6 for 7 all 7 all 8 he 7 all 10 done 8 he 9 has 9 has 10 done 11 for 12 you and now it is five o'clock [.] ['] 1 and 3 it 2 now 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 6 o'clock 5 five 6 o'clock ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [kangaroo] [.] ['] [i] [wish] [that] [i] [hadn't] [.] i thought you would do it by charms and incantations , but this is a practical joke [.] ['] 1 i 2 thought 2 thought 3 you 2 thought 11 , 3 you 4 would 4 would 5 do 5 do 6 it 6 it 7 by 7 by 9 and 8 charms 9 and 9 and 10 incantations 11 , 12 but 12 but 13 this 12 but 14 is 13 this 14 is 14 is 17 joke 15 a 17 joke 16 practical 17 joke ['] [joke] [!] ['] [said] [nqong] [from] [his] [bath] [in] [the] [blue] [gums] [.] ['] [say] [that] [again] [and] [i] ['ll] [whistle] [up] [dingo] [and] [run] [your] [hind] [legs] [off] [.] ['] ['] [no] [,] ['] [said] [the] [kangaroo] [.] ['] [i] [must] [apologise] [.] legs [are] [legs] , and you needn't alter ['] em [so] [far] [as] [i] [am] [concerned] [.] 1 legs 4 , 4 , 5 and 5 and 6 you 5 and 8 alter 6 you 7 needn't 8 alter 10 em i [only] [meant] [to] explain to [your] [lordliness] [that] [i] ['ve] [had] [nothing] [to] eat since [morning] , and [i] ['m] [very] [empty] [indeed] [.] ['] 1 i 5 explain 5 explain 6 to 6 to 15 eat 15 eat 16 since 16 since 18 , 18 , 19 and ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [dingo] [yellow-dog] [dingo] [,] ['] [i] [am] [just] [in] [the] [same] [situation] [.] i 've made him different from all other animals [;] [but] [what] [may] [i] [have] [for] [my] [tea] [?] ['] 1 i 2 've 2 've 3 made 3 made 4 him 3 made 5 different 5 different 6 from 6 from 9 animals 7 all 8 other 8 other 9 animals then said [nqong] [from] [his] [bath] [in] [the] [salt-pan] , ['] [come] and [ask] [me] [about] it [tomorrow] , [because] [i] ['m] [going] to wash [.] ['] 1 then 2 said 2 said 10 , 10 , 13 and 13 and 17 it 13 and 19 , 19 , 24 to 24 to 25 wash kangaroo bounded away [,] [his] [back-legs] [working] [like] [pistons] [bounded] [from] [morning] [till] [dark] [,] [twenty-five] [feet] [to] [a] [bound] [.] 1 kangaroo 2 bounded 2 bounded 3 away [yellow-dog] [dingo] [lay] [like] [a] [yellow] [cloud] [in] [the] [distance] [much] [too] [busy] [to] [bark] [.] [my] [!] [but] [they] [covered] [the] [ground] [!] nobody knows where they went [,] [or] [followed] [the] [track] [that] [they] [flew] [in] [,] [for] [that] [continent] [hadn't] [been] [given] [a] [name] [.] 1 nobody 2 knows 2 knows 3 where 3 where 4 they 3 where 5 went 4 they 5 went [the] [beginning] [of] [the] [armadillos] [this] [,] [o] [best] [beloved] [,] [is] [another] [story] [of] [the] [high] [and] [far-off] [times] [.] and he had [a] [friend] , [a] [slow-solid] [tortoise] , who lived on the banks of [the] [turbid] [amazon] , eating green lettuces and things [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 6 , 3 had 6 , 6 , 10 , 10 , 11 who 10 , 12 lived 11 who 12 lived 12 lived 13 on 13 on 15 banks 14 the 15 banks 15 banks 16 of 16 of 24 and 20 , 23 lettuces 20 , 24 and 21 eating 22 green 22 green 23 lettuces 24 and 25 things and so that was all right [,] [best] [beloved] [.] 1 and 2 so 2 so 4 was 3 that 4 was 4 was 6 right 5 all 6 right do you see [?] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 see and so that was all right [,] [best] [beloved] [.] 1 and 2 so 2 so 4 was 3 that 4 was 4 was 6 right 5 all 6 right do you see [?] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 see ['] [now] [attend] [to] [me] [,] ['] [said] [painted] [jaguar] [,] ['] [because] [this] [is] [very] [important] [.] now [which] [of] you [is] [hedgehog] and [which] [is] [tortoise] [?] [because] , [to] [save] my spots [,] [i] [can't] [tell] [.] ['] 1 now 4 you 4 you 7 and 7 and 17 spots 13 , 16 my 16 my 17 spots ['] [are] [you] [sure] [of] [what] [your] [mummy] [told] [you] [?] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [hedgehog] [.] ['] [are] [you] [quite] [sure] [?] ['] [are] [you] [sure] [of] [what] [your] [mummy] [told] [you] [?] ['] [said] [slow-and-solid] [tortoise] [.] ['] [are] [you] [quite] [sure] [?] ['] [when] [you] [scoop] [water] [with] [your] [paw] [you] [uncoil] [it] [with] [a] [hedgehog] [,] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [.] ['] [remember] [that] [,] [because] [it] ['s] [important] [.] ['] ['] [but] [,] ['] [said] [the] [tortoise] [,] ['] [when] [you] [paw] [your] [meat] [you] [drop] [it] [into] [a] [tortoise] [with] [a] [scoop] [.] why can't you understand [?] ['] 1 why 2 can't 2 can't 3 you 2 can't 4 understand ['] [you] [are] [making] [my] [spots] [ache] [,] ['] [said] [painted] [jaguar] [;] ['] [and] [besides] [,] [i] [didn't] [want] [your] [advice] [at] [all] [.] i only wanted to know which of you is [hedgehog] [and] [which] [is] [tortoise] [.] ['] 1 i 3 wanted 2 only 3 wanted 3 wanted 4 to 3 wanted 5 know 4 to 5 know 5 know 6 which 6 which 7 of 6 which 9 is 7 of 8 you ['] [i] [shan't] [tell] [you] [,] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [,] ['] [but] [you] [can] [scoop] [me] [out] [of] [my] [shell] [if] [you] [like] [.] ['] ['] [aha] [!] ['] [said] [painted] [jaguar] [.] ['] [now] [i] [know] [you] ['re] [tortoise] [.] you [thought] [i] wouldn't [!] 1 you 4 wouldn't [now] [i] [will] [.] ['] painted [jaguar] [darted] out his paddy-paw [just] [as] [stickly-prickly] curled [himself] up , and [of] [course] [jaguar] ['s] paddy-paw [was] [just] [filled] [with] prickles [.] 1 painted 4 out 1 painted 14 and 4 out 6 paddy-paw 5 his 6 paddy-paw 10 curled 12 up 12 up 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 24 prickles 19 paddy-paw 24 prickles worse [than] [that] , [he] [knocked] [stickly-prickly] [away] and away into the woods and the bushes , where it was too dark to find him [.] 1 worse 4 , 4 , 9 and 9 and 19 it 10 away 19 it 11 into 17 , 11 into 19 it 12 the 13 woods 13 woods 14 and 14 and 16 bushes 14 and 17 , 15 the 16 bushes 17 , 18 where 19 it 20 was 20 was 22 dark 21 too 22 dark 22 dark 23 to 23 to 24 find 24 find 25 him then he put his paddy-paw into [his] [mouth] , and of course the prickles hurt him [worse] than ever [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 put 3 put 5 paddy-paw 3 put 6 into 4 his 5 paddy-paw 6 into 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 14 prickles 10 and 15 hurt 11 of 12 course 12 course 14 prickles 13 the 14 prickles 14 prickles 15 hurt 15 hurt 16 him 15 hurt 18 than 15 hurt 19 ever as soon as he could speak he said , ['] [now] [i] [know] [he] [isn't] [tortoise] at [all] [.] 1 as 7 he 2 soon 7 he 3 as 4 he 3 as 6 speak 3 as 7 he 4 he 5 could 5 could 6 speak 7 he 8 said 8 said 9 , 9 , 17 at but ['] [and] then he scratched his head with his [un-prickly] paw ['] how [do] [i] know that [this] [other] is [tortoise] [?] ['] 1 but 4 then 1 but 14 how 4 then 12 paw 5 he 6 scratched 6 scratched 8 head 6 scratched 9 with 7 his 8 head 8 head 9 with 9 with 12 paw 10 his 12 paw 14 how 21 is 17 know 18 that 18 that 21 is ['] [but] [i] [am] [tortoise] [,] ['] [said] [slow-and-solid] [.] your mother was quite right [.] 1 your 2 mother 2 mother 3 was 3 was 5 right 4 quite 5 right she said that you were to scoop me out of my shell with your paw [.] 1 she 2 said 2 said 3 that 2 said 13 with 4 you 5 were 5 were 6 to 6 to 7 scoop 7 scoop 8 me 7 scoop 10 of 9 out 10 of 10 of 12 shell 11 my 12 shell 12 shell 13 with 13 with 15 paw 14 your 15 paw [begin] [.] ['] ['] [you] [didn't] [say] [she] [said] [that] [a] [minute] [ago] [,] [said] [painted] [jaguar] [,] [sucking] [the] [prickles] [out] [of] [his] [paddy-paw] [.] ['] [you] [said] [she] [said] [something] [quite] [different] [.] ['] ['] [but] [you] [said] [you] [wanted] [to] [be] [scooped] [out] [of] [your] [shell] [with] [my] [paw] [,] ['] [said] [painted] [jaguar] [.] ['] [if] [you] ['ll] [think] [again] [you] ['ll] [find] [that] [i] [didn't] [say] [anything] [of] [the] [kind] [.] i said that your mother said that you were to scoop me out of my shell [,] ['] [said] [slow-and-solid] [.] 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 that 3 that 5 mother 3 that 6 said 4 your 5 mother 5 mother 6 said 6 said 7 that 7 that 8 you 7 that 9 were 8 you 9 were 9 were 10 to 10 to 11 scoop 11 scoop 12 me 11 scoop 14 of 13 out 14 of 14 of 16 shell 15 my 16 shell ['] [what] [will] [happen] [if] [i] [do] [?] ['] [said] [the] [jaguar] [most] [sniffily] [and] [most] [cautious] [.] ['] [i] [don't] [believe] [it] [,] ['] [said] [painted] [jaguar] [.] so [jump] [into] [the] [turbid] [amazon] [and] be [quick] [about] it [.] ['] 1 so 8 be 8 be 11 it ['] [i] [warn] [you] [that] [your] [mummy] [won't] [be] [pleased] [.] don't tell her [i] [didn't] [tell] [you] [,] ['] [said] [slow-solid] [.] 1 don't 2 tell 2 tell 3 her ['] [that] [was] [a] [very] [narrow] [escape] [,] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [.] ['] [i] [don't] [rib] [painted] [jaguar] [.] what did you tell him that you were [?] ['] 1 what 2 did 2 did 3 you 2 did 4 tell 4 tell 5 him 4 tell 6 that 6 that 7 you 6 that 8 were 7 you 8 were now he 's gone to tell his [mummy] [.] 1 now 2 he 2 he 3 's 3 's 4 gone 4 gone 5 to 5 to 6 tell 6 tell 7 his listen to him [!] ['] 1 listen 2 to 2 to 3 him you should have dropped him into the water [.] 1 you 2 should 2 should 3 have 3 have 4 dropped 4 dropped 5 him 4 dropped 6 into 6 into 8 water 7 the 8 water they are too clever [on] [the] [turbid] [amazon] [for] [poor] [me] [!] ['] 1 they 2 are 2 are 3 too 2 are 4 clever a [hedgehog] [curls] [himself] up [into] [a] ball and [his] [prickles] [stick] [out] [every] [which] [way] [at] [once] [.] 1 a 5 up 1 a 8 ball 8 ball 9 and by this you may know [the] [hedgehog] [.] ['] 1 by 2 this 1 by 3 you 3 you 4 may 4 may 5 know ['] [i] [don't] [like] [this] [old] [lady] [one] [little] [bit] [,] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [,] [under] [the] [shadow] [of] [a] [large] [leaf] [.] ['] [i] [wonder] [what] [else] [she] [knows] [?] ['] ['] [a] [tortoise] [can't] [curl] [himself] [up] [,] ['] [mother] [jaguar] [went] [on] [,] [ever] [so] [many] [times] [,] [graciously] [waving] [her] [tail] [.] ['] [he] [only] [draws] [his] [head] [and] [legs] [into] [his] [shell] [.] by this you may know the tortoise [.] ['] 1 by 2 this 1 by 3 you 3 you 4 may 4 may 5 know 5 know 7 tortoise 6 the 7 tortoise ['] [i] [don't] [like] [this] [old] [lady] [at] [all] [at] [all] [,] ['] [said] [slow-and-solid] [tortoise] [.] ['] [even] [painted] [jaguar] [can't] [forget] [those] [directions] [.] it 's a great pity that you can't swim [,] [stickly-prickly] [.] ['] 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 pity 2 's 6 that 2 's 9 swim 3 a 4 great 3 a 5 pity 4 great 5 pity 6 that 7 you 6 that 9 swim 7 you 8 can't 8 can't 9 swim ['] [don't] [talk] [to] [me] [,] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [.] ['] [just] [think] [how] [much] [better] [it] [would] [be] [if] [you] [could] [curl] [up] [.] this is a mess [!] 1 this 2 is 2 is 4 mess 3 a 4 mess [listen] [to] [painted] [jaguar] [.] ['] painted [jaguar] was [sitting] [on] the banks of the [turbid] [amazon] [sucking] prickles [out] [of] [his] [paws] [and] [saying] [to] [himself] 1 painted 13 prickles 3 was 7 banks 6 the 7 banks 7 banks 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 13 prickles ['] [can't] [curl] [,] [but] [can] [swim] [slow-solid] [,] [that] ['s] [him] [!] curls up , but can't swim [stickly-prickly] [,] [that] ['s] [him] [!] ['] 1 curls 4 but 2 up 4 but 3 , 4 but 4 but 5 can't 5 can't 6 swim ['] [he] ['ll] [never] [forget] [that] [this] [month] [of] [sundays] [,] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [.] ['] [hold] [up] [my] [chin] [,] [slow-and-solid] [.] i 'm going to try to learn to swim [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 going 3 going 4 to 4 to 5 try 5 try 6 to 5 try 7 learn 6 to 7 learn 7 learn 8 to 7 learn 9 swim 8 to 9 swim it may be useful [.] ['] 1 it 2 may 2 may 3 be 3 be 4 useful ['] [excellent] [!] ['] [said] [slow-and-solid] [;] [and] [he] [held] [up] [stickly-prickly] ['s] [chin] [,] [while] [stickly-prickly] [kicked] [in] [the] [waters] [of] [the] [turbid] [amazon] [.] ['] [you] ['ll] [make] [a] [fine] [swimmer] [yet] [,] ['] [said] [slow-and-solid] [.] ['] [now] [,] [if] [you] [can] [unlace] [my] [back-plates] [a] [little] [,] [i] ['ll] [see] [what] [i] [can] [do] [towards] [curling] [up] [.] it may be useful [.] ['] 1 it 2 may 2 may 3 be 3 be 4 useful [stickly-prickly] [helped] [to] [unlace] [tortoise] ['s] [back-plates] [,] [so] [that] [by] [twisting] [and] [straining] [slow-and-solid] [actually] [managed] [to] [curl] [up] [a] [tiddy] [wee] [bit] [.] ['] [excellent] [!] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [;] ['] [but] [i] [shouldn't] [do] [any] [more] [just] [now] [.] it 's making you black in the face [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 3 making 3 making 4 you 3 making 5 black 5 black 6 in 6 in 8 face 7 the 8 face kindly lead me into the water once again and [i] ['ll] practice [that] [side-stroke] [which] [you] [say] is [so] [easy] [.] ['] 1 kindly 9 and 2 lead 3 me 2 lead 4 into 2 lead 8 again 2 lead 9 and 4 into 6 water 5 the 6 water 7 once 8 again 9 and 12 practice 12 practice 18 is and [so] [stickly-prickly] [practiced] , and [slow-solid] [swam] [alongside] [.] 1 and 5 , 5 , 6 and ['] [excellent] [!] ['] [said] [slow-and-solid] [.] ['] [a] [little] [more] [practice] [will] [make] [you] [a] [regular] [whale] [.] won't [painted] [jaguar] be surprised [!] ['] 1 won't 4 be 4 be 5 surprised ['] [excellent] [!] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [,] [all] [wet] [from] [the] [turbid] [amazon] [.] ['] [i] [declare] [,] [i] [shouldn't] [know] [you] [from] [one] [of] [my] [own] [family] [.] two holes , [i] [think] [,] [you] [said] [?] 1 two 2 holes 2 holes 3 , a little more expression [,] [please] [,] [and] [don't] grunt [quite] [so] [much] , [or] [painted] [jaguar] [may] [hear] [us] [.] 1 a 2 little 1 a 10 grunt 2 little 3 more 3 more 4 expression 10 grunt 14 , when you ['ve] [finished] [,] [i] want to [try] that [long] dive [which] [you] [say] [is] [so] [easy] [.] 1 when 2 you 2 you 7 want 7 want 8 to 8 to 12 dive 10 that 12 dive won't [painted] [jaguar] be surprised [!] ['] 1 won't 4 be 4 be 5 surprised and [so] [stickly-prickly] dived , and [slow-and-solid] [dived] [alongside] [.] 1 and 5 , 4 dived 5 , 5 , 6 and ['] [excellent] [!] ['] [said] [slow-and-solid] [.] ['] [a] [leetle] [more] [attention] [to] [holding] [your] [breath] [and] [you] [will] [be] [able] [to] [keep] [house] [at] [the] [bottom] [of] [the] [turbid] [amazon] [.] now [i] ['ll] [try] [that] exercise [of] [putting] [my] [hind] [legs] [round] [my] [ears] which you say is so peculiarly comfortable [.] 1 now 6 exercise 6 exercise 18 is 15 which 16 you 16 you 17 say 17 say 18 is 18 is 20 peculiarly 18 is 21 comfortable 19 so 20 peculiarly won't [painted] [jaguar] be surprised [!] ['] 1 won't 4 be 4 be 5 surprised ['] [excellent] [!] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [.] ['] [but] [it] ['s] [straining] [your] [back-plates] [a] [little] [.] they are all overlapping now , instead of lying side by side [.] ['] 1 they 2 are 2 are 4 overlapping 2 are 5 now 2 are 8 of 3 all 4 overlapping 6 , 8 of 7 instead 8 of 8 of 9 lying 9 lying 12 side 10 side 11 by 11 by 12 side ['] [oh] [,] [that] ['s] [the] [result] [of] [exercise] [,] ['] [said] [slow-and-solid] [.] ['] [am] [i] [?] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [.] ['] [that] [comes] [from] [my] [soaking] [in] [the] [water] [.] oh , [won't] [painted] [jaguar] be [surprised] ! ['] 1 oh 6 be 2 , 6 be 6 be 8 ! then they saw [that] they were both of them quite different from what they had been [.] 1 then 6 were 2 they 3 saw 3 saw 5 they 3 saw 6 were 6 were 7 both 6 were 11 different 7 both 8 of 8 of 9 them 10 quite 11 different 11 different 12 from 12 from 13 what 13 what 14 they 13 what 16 been 14 they 15 had 15 had 16 been ['] [that] [was] [the] [very] [thing] [i] [was] [thinking] [just] [now] [,] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [.] ['] [i] [think] [scales] [are] [a] [tremendous] [improvement] [on] [prickles] [to] [say] [nothing] [of] [being] [able] [to] [swim] [.] oh , [won't] [painted] [jaguar] be [surprised] ! 1 oh 6 be 2 , 6 be 6 be 8 ! let's go and find him [.] ['] 1 let's 3 and 2 go 3 and 3 and 4 find 4 find 5 him by [and] [by] [they] [found] [painted] [jaguar] , [still] [nursing] [his] [paddy-paw] [that] [had] [been] [hurt] [the] [night] [before] [.] 1 by 8 , he was so astonished that he fell three times backward over his own painted tail without stopping [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 so 3 so 4 astonished 4 astonished 5 that 5 that 6 he 5 that 7 fell 6 he 7 fell 7 fell 9 times 7 fell 10 backward 7 fell 11 over 7 fell 16 without 8 three 9 times 11 over 15 tail 12 his 13 own 12 his 15 tail 14 painted 15 tail 15 tail 16 without 16 without 17 stopping ['] [good] [morning] [!] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [.] ['] [and] [how] [is] [your] [dear] [gracious] [mummy] [this] [morning] [?] ['] ['] [but] [you] [hadn't] [any] [shell] [.] it was all prickles [,] ['] [said] [painted] [jaguar] [.] 1 it 2 was 2 was 4 prickles 3 all 4 prickles ['] [i] [know] [it] [was] [.] just look at my paw [!] ['] 1 just 2 look 2 look 3 at 3 at 5 paw 4 my 5 paw ['] [you] [told] [me] [to] [drop] [into] [the] [turbid] [amazon] [and] [be] [drowned] [,] ['] [said] [slow-solid] [.] ['] [why] [are] [you] [so] [rude] [and] [forgetful] [to-day] [?] ['] ['] [don't] [you] [remember] [what] [your] [mother] [told] [you] [?] ['] [said] [stickly-prickly] [,] ['] [can't] [curl] [,] [but] [can] [swim] [stickly-prickly] [,] [that] ['s] [him] [!] curls up , but can't swim [slow-solid] [,] [that] ['s] [him] [!] ['] 1 curls 4 but 2 up 4 but 3 , 4 but 4 but 5 can't 5 can't 6 swim then they [both] [curled] themselves up and rolled [round] and [round] [painted] [jaguar] [till] his eyes [turned] [truly] [cart-wheels] in his head [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 7 and 5 themselves 6 up 6 up 7 and 7 and 8 rolled 8 rolled 16 eyes 10 and 15 his 15 his 16 eyes 16 eyes 20 in 20 in 22 head 21 his 22 head then he went to fetch his mother [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 to 4 to 5 fetch 5 fetch 7 mother 6 his 7 mother ['] [but] [it] [isn't] [a] [hedgehog] [,] [and] [it] [isn't] [a] [tortoise] [.] it 's a little bit of [both] , and [i] [don't] [know] [its] proper [name] [.] ['] 1 it 2 's 2 's 5 bit 3 a 5 bit 4 little 5 bit 5 bit 6 of 6 of 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 14 proper ['] [nonsense] [!] ['] [said] [mother] [jaguar] [.] ['] [everything] [has] [its] [proper] [name] [.] i [should] call it " [armadillo] ["] [till] [i] [found] [out] [the] [real] [one] [.] 1 i 3 call 3 call 4 it 4 it 5 " and [i] [should] [leave] it [alone] [.] ['] 1 and 5 it so that [;] [all] [right] , [best] [beloved] [.] 1 so 2 that 2 that 6 , do you see [?] 1 do 2 you 2 you 3 see [i've] [never] [sailed] [the] [amazon] [,] [i] ['ve] [never] [reached] [brazil] [;] [but] [the] [don] [and] [magdelana] [,] [they] [can] [go] [there] [when] [they] [will] [!] and [i] ['d] [like] to roll to [rio] [some] day [before] [i] ['m] [old] [!] 1 and 5 to 5 to 6 roll 6 roll 7 to 7 to 10 day i ['ve] never [seen] [a] [jaguar] [,] [nor] [yet] [an] [armadill] [o] [dilloing] [in] [his] [armour] [,] [and] [i] [s'pose] [i] never will [,] 1 i 23 will 3 never 23 will 22 never 23 will [unless] [i] [go] [to] [rio] [these] [wonders] [to] [behold] [roll] [down] [roll] [down] [to] [rio] [roll] [really] [down] [to] [rio] [!] oh , [i] ['d] [love] [to] roll [to] [rio] [some] [day] [before] [i] ['m] [old] [!] 1 oh 2 , 1 oh 7 roll [how] [the] [first] [letter] [was] [written] [once] [upon] [a] [most] [early] [time] [was] [a] [neolithic] [man] [.] and his little girl-daughter 's name was [taffimai] [metallumai] , and that [means] , ['] [;] [but] [i] ['m] [going] to [call] her [taffy] [.] 1 and 6 name 1 and 10 , 2 his 4 girl-daughter 3 little 4 girl-daughter 4 girl-daughter 5 's 5 's 6 name 6 name 7 was 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 that 11 and 14 , 14 , 21 to 21 to 23 her [really] [,] [my] [tegumai] [,] [you] ['re] [no] [better] [than] [my] [taffy] [.] ['] now attend and listen [!] 1 now 2 attend 2 attend 3 and 3 and 4 listen one [day] [tegumai] [bopsulai] [went] [down] [through] [the] [beaver-swamp] [to] [the] [wagai] [river] [to] spear [carp-fish] [for] [dinner] , and [taffy] [went] [too] [.] 1 one 15 spear 15 spear 19 , 19 , 20 and ['] [here] ['s] [a] [pretty] [kettle] [of] [fish] [!] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [it] [will] [take] [me] [half] [the] [day] [to] [mend] [this] [.] ['] ['] [there] ['s] [your] [big] [black] [spear] [at] [home] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [let] [me] [run] [back] [to] [the] [cave] [and] [ask] [mummy] [to] [give] [it] [me] [.] ['] ['] [it] ['s] [too] [far] [for] [your] [little] [fat] [legs] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [besides] [,] [you] [might] [fall] [into] [the] [beaver-swamp] [and] [be] [drowned] [.] we must make the best of a bad job [.] ['] 1 we 2 must 2 must 3 make 3 make 5 best 4 the 5 best 5 best 6 of 6 of 9 job 7 a 8 bad 7 a 9 job 8 bad 9 job taffy sat down too , with her toes in the water and her chin in her hand , and thought very hard [.] 1 taffy 19 and 2 sat 3 down 2 sat 4 too 2 sat 6 with 2 sat 19 and 5 , 6 with 6 with 8 toes 6 with 18 , 7 her 8 toes 8 toes 9 in 8 toes 15 in 9 in 12 and 10 the 11 water 11 water 12 and 12 and 14 chin 13 her 14 chin 15 in 17 hand 16 her 17 hand 18 , 19 and 19 and 20 thought 19 and 22 hard 21 very 22 hard if we did we could send a message for the new spear [.] ['] 1 if 2 we 1 if 3 did 1 if 4 we 2 we 3 did 4 we 5 could 5 could 6 send 6 send 8 message 6 send 9 for 7 a 8 message 8 message 9 for 9 for 12 spear 10 the 12 spear 11 new 12 spear ['] [taffy] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [,] ['] [how] [often] [have] [i] [told] [you] [not] [to] [use] [slang] [?] he stood on the bank and smiled at [taffy] , because he had [a] [little] girl-daughter [of] [his] [own] [at] [home] [.] 1 he 6 and 2 stood 3 on 2 stood 6 and 3 on 5 bank 4 the 5 bank 6 and 7 smiled 6 and 8 at 6 and 11 because 8 at 10 , 11 because 12 he 12 he 13 had 13 had 16 girl-daughter tegumai drew a hank of deer-sinews from his mendy-bag and began to mend his spear [.] 1 tegumai 2 drew 2 drew 4 hank 3 a 4 hank 4 hank 5 of 5 of 10 and 6 deer-sinews 7 from 6 deer-sinews 10 and 7 from 9 mendy-bag 8 his 9 mendy-bag 10 and 11 began 11 began 12 to 12 to 13 mend 13 mend 15 spear 14 his 15 spear ['] [come] [here] [,] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [do] [you] [know] [where] [my] [mummy] [lives] [?] ['] and [the] [stranger-man] said ['] [um] [!] ['] [being] , as you know , [a] [tewara] [.] 1 and 4 said 4 said 10 , 10 , 11 as 11 as 12 you 11 as 14 , 12 you 13 know ['] [don't] [bother] [grown-ups] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [,] [so] [busy] [with] [his] [spear-mending] [that] [he] [did] [not] [turn] [round] [.] ['] [i] [aren't] [,] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [i] [only] [want] [him] [to] [do] [what] [i] [want] [him] [to] [do] [,] [and] [he] [won't] [understand] [.] ['] the [stranger-man] [a] [genuine] [tewara] [he] [was] [sat] [down] [on] [the] grass , and [taffy] [showed] [him] what [her] [daddy] was [doing] [.] 1 the 12 grass 12 grass 21 was 13 , 14 and 14 and 18 what 14 and 21 was the [stranger-man] thought , this is a very wonderful child [.] 1 the 3 thought 3 thought 6 is 4 , 5 this 5 this 6 is 6 is 10 child 7 a 8 very 7 a 10 child 8 very 9 wonderful she stamps her foot at me [and] [she] [makes] [faces] [.] 1 she 2 stamps 2 stamps 4 foot 2 stamps 5 at 3 her 4 foot 4 foot 5 at 5 at 6 me she must be [the] [daughter] of that [noble] [chief] [who] is so great that he won't take any notice of me [.] ['] 1 she 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 6 of 6 of 7 that 7 that 11 is 11 is 13 great 12 so 13 great 13 great 14 that 14 that 15 he 14 that 17 take 15 he 16 won't 16 won't 17 take 17 take 19 notice 18 any 19 notice 19 notice 20 of 20 of 21 me so he smiled more politely than ever [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 3 smiled 2 he 3 smiled 3 smiled 5 politely 3 smiled 7 ever 4 more 5 politely 6 than 7 ever the [stranger-man] [(] [and] [he] [was] [a] [tewara] [)] [thought] [,] ['] [this] is [a] [very] [,] [very] [wonderful] [child] [.] 1 the 14 is she waves her arms and [she] shouts at [me] , but [i] [don't] [understand] [a] [word] [of] [what] she says [.] 1 she 5 and 2 waves 3 her 2 waves 4 arms 2 waves 5 and 5 and 7 shouts 5 and 8 at 8 at 10 , 10 , 11 but 11 but 19 she 19 she 20 says but [if] [i] [don't] do what she wants , [i] [greatly] [fear] [that] [that] [haughty] [chief] , , will be angry [.] ['] 1 but 20 be 5 do 6 what 5 do 9 , 6 what 7 she 6 what 8 wants 7 she 8 wants 9 , 17 , 17 , 18 , 18 , 19 will 19 will 20 be 20 be 21 angry he got up and twisted a big flat piece [of] bark off a birch-tree and gave it to [taffy] [.] 1 he 4 and 2 got 3 up 2 got 4 and 4 and 15 and 4 and 18 to 5 twisted 11 bark 5 twisted 12 off 5 twisted 15 and 6 a 11 bark 7 big 9 piece 8 flat 9 piece 9 piece 11 bark 11 bark 12 off 12 off 14 birch-tree 13 a 14 birch-tree 15 and 16 gave 16 gave 17 it ['] [oh] [!] ['] [said] [she] [.] ['] [now] [i] [see] [!] you want [my] [mummy] ['s] living-address [?] 1 you 2 want 2 want 6 living-address of [course] [i] [can't] [write] , but [i] [can] [draw] [pictures] [if] [i] ['ve] [anything] [sharp] [to] [scratch] [with] [.] 1 of 6 , 6 , 7 but please lend me the shark 's tooth off your necklace [.] ['] 1 please 2 lend 2 lend 3 me 2 lend 7 tooth 2 lend 8 off 4 the 5 shark 5 shark 6 's 6 's 7 tooth 7 tooth 8 off 8 off 10 necklace 9 your 10 necklace the [stranger-man] [(] [and] [he] [was] [a] [tewara] [)] [thought] [,] ['] [this] is [a] [very] [,] [very] [,] [very] [wonderful] [child] [.] 1 the 14 is i had better be more [polite] [.] ['] 1 i 2 had 2 had 3 better 2 had 4 be 4 be 5 more you can look over my shoulder [,] [but] [you] [mustn't] [joggle] [.] 1 you 2 can 2 can 3 look 3 look 4 over 4 over 6 shoulder 5 my 6 shoulder [first] [i] ['ll] [draw] [daddy] [fishing] [.] it isn't very like him [;] [but] [mummy] [will] [know] [,] [because] [i] ['ve] [drawn] [his] [spear] [all] [broken] [.] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 4 like 3 very 4 like 4 like 5 him well , now [i] ['ll] [draw] [the] [other] [spear] [that] [he] [wants] , [the] black-handled spear [.] 1 well 2 , 1 well 13 , 2 , 3 now 13 , 15 black-handled 15 black-handled 16 spear that 's the spear [i] [want] [you] [to] [fetch] [;] [so] [i] ['ll] [draw] [a] [picture] of [me] [myself] ['] splaining to you [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 4 spear 3 the 4 spear 4 spear 17 of 17 of 21 splaining 21 splaining 22 to 22 to 23 you my hair doesn't stand up like [i] ['ve] [drawn] [,] [but] [it] ['s] [easier] [to] [draw] that [way] [.] 1 my 2 hair 2 hair 3 doesn't 3 doesn't 4 stand 4 stand 5 up 4 stand 6 like 6 like 17 that [now] [i] ['ll] [draw] [you] [.] i think [you] ['re] [very] [nice] [really] , [but] [i] [can't] [make] [you] [pretty] [in] [the] [picture] , so you mustn't be ['] fended [.] 1 i 8 , 2 think 8 , 8 , 18 , 18 , 19 so 19 so 20 you 20 you 21 mustn't 21 mustn't 22 be 22 be 24 fended are you ['] fended [?] ['] 1 are 2 you 1 are 4 fended [the] [stranger-man] [(] [and] [he] [was] [a] [tewara] [)] [smiled] [.] he [is] [a] [great] [chief] [,] [or] [he] would have noticed me [.] 1 he 9 would 9 would 10 have 10 have 11 noticed 11 noticed 12 me now [i] ['ll] [show] [you] [how] [to] [find] [my] [mummy] ['s] living-address [.] 1 now 12 living-address mind you don't fall in [!] 1 mind 2 you 2 you 3 don't 3 don't 4 fall 4 fall 5 in [then] [our] [cave] [is] [just] [beyond] [the] [beaver-swamp] [.] it isn't [as] [high] [as] [the] [hills] [really] [,] [but] [i] [can't] [draw] [things] [very] [small] [.] 1 it 2 isn't that 's [my] [mummy] outside [.] 1 that 2 's 2 's 5 outside she is beautiful [.] 1 she 2 is 2 is 3 beautiful she [is] [the] [most] [beautifullest] [mummy] [there] [ever] was [,] [but] [she] [won't] be ['] [fended] when she [sees] [i] ['ve] drawn [her] [so] [plain] [.] 1 she 9 was 9 was 14 be 14 be 17 when 17 when 18 she 17 when 22 drawn 18 she 22 drawn she 'll be pleased [of] [me] [because] [i] [can] [draw] [.] 1 she 2 'll 2 'll 3 be 3 be 4 pleased now , [in] case you [forget] [,] [i] 've drawn the spear that [daddy] [wants] [outside] [our] [cave] [.] 1 now 2 , 1 now 5 you 2 , 4 case 5 you 9 've 9 've 10 drawn 10 drawn 12 spear 10 drawn 13 that 11 the 12 spear it 's [inside] [really] [,] [but] you [show] [the] [picture] to [my] [mummy] [and] [she] ['ll] give it [you] [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 7 you 2 's 11 to 11 to 17 give 17 give 18 it i ['ve] [made] [her] [holding] [up] [her] [hands] [,] [because] [i] [know] [she] 'll be so pleased to see you [.] 1 i 14 'll 14 'll 15 be 15 be 17 pleased 16 so 17 pleased 17 pleased 18 to 17 pleased 19 see 18 to 19 see 19 see 20 you isn't it a beautiful picture [?] 1 isn't 2 it 1 isn't 5 picture 3 a 4 beautiful 3 a 5 picture 4 beautiful 5 picture and do you [quite] understand [,] [or] [shall] [i] ['] [splain] [again] [?] ['] 1 and 2 do 2 do 3 you 3 you 5 understand the [stranger-man] [(] [and] [he] [was] [a] [tewara] [)] [looked] [at] [the] [picture] [and] [nodded] very [hard] [.] 1 the 16 very now [i] see why [the] [great] [chief] [pretended] [not] [to] [notice] [me] [!] 1 now 3 see 3 see 4 why he feared that his enemies were hiding in the bushes and would see him [.] 1 he 2 feared 2 feared 3 that 3 that 5 enemies 3 that 11 and 4 his 5 enemies 5 enemies 11 and 6 were 7 hiding 6 were 8 in 6 were 11 and 8 in 10 bushes 9 the 10 bushes 11 and 12 would 12 would 13 see 13 see 14 him therefore he turned to me his back , and let the wise and wonderful child draw the terrible picture showing me his difficulties [.] 1 therefore 2 he 2 he 9 and 3 turned 4 to 3 turned 7 back 3 turned 9 and 4 to 5 me 6 his 7 back 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 let 10 let 15 child 10 let 16 draw 11 the 15 child 12 wise 13 and 13 and 14 wonderful 13 and 15 child 16 draw 19 picture 17 the 19 picture 18 terrible 19 picture 19 picture 20 showing 20 showing 21 me 20 showing 23 difficulties 22 his 23 difficulties i will [away] [and] get help for him from his tribe [.] ['] 1 i 2 will 2 will 5 get 5 get 6 help 5 get 7 for 5 get 9 from 6 help 7 for 7 for 8 him 9 from 11 tribe 10 his 11 tribe now this is [the] [picture] [that] [taffy] [had] [drawn] for him [!] 1 now 2 this 2 this 3 is 3 is 10 for 10 for 11 him ['] [what] [have] [you] [been] [doing] [,] [taffy] [?] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] he had mended his spear and was carefully waving [it] [to] [and] fro [.] 1 he 6 and 2 had 3 mended 2 had 6 and 3 mended 5 spear 4 his 5 spear 6 and 7 was 7 was 9 waving 8 carefully 9 waving 9 waving 13 fro ['] [it] ['s] [a] [little] [berangement] [of] [my] [own] [,] [daddy] [dear] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [if] [you] [won't] [ask] [me] [questions] [,] [you] ['ll] [know] [all] [about] [it] [in] [a] [little] [time] [,] [and] [you] ['ll] [be] [surprised] [.] you don't know how surprised you 'll be [,] [daddy] [!] 1 you 2 don't 2 don't 3 know 3 know 4 how 4 how 5 surprised 5 surprised 8 be 6 you 7 'll 7 'll 8 be promise you 'll be surprised [.] ['] 1 promise 2 you 2 you 3 'll 3 'll 4 be 4 be 5 surprised ['] [very] [well] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [,] [and] [went] [on] [fishing] [.] he had run hard , so that he panted , and his legs were scratched with brambles , but [he] still tried to be polite [.] 1 he 2 had 2 had 3 run 3 run 4 hard 4 hard 7 that 5 , 7 that 6 so 7 that 7 that 8 he 7 that 9 panted 7 that 10 , 8 he 9 panted 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 legs 11 and 19 but 12 his 13 legs 13 legs 19 but 14 were 15 scratched 14 were 19 but 15 scratched 16 with 16 with 17 brambles 18 , 19 but 19 but 22 tried 21 still 22 tried 22 tried 23 to 23 to 24 be 24 be 25 polite as [soon] [as] [teshumai] [saw] [the] [picture] she [screamed] [like] [anything] [and] flew [at] [the] [stranger-man] [.] 1 as 8 she 1 as 13 flew 8 she 13 flew the other [neolithic] ladies [at] [once] [knocked] [him] [down] [and] [sat] [on] [him] [in] [a] [long] [line] [of] [six] , [while] [teshumai] [pulled] [his] [hair] [.] 1 the 2 other 2 other 4 ladies 4 ladies 20 , ['] [it] ['s] [as] [plain] [as] [the] [nose] [on] [this] [stranger-man] ['s] [face] [,] ['] [she] [said] [.] [look] [!] ['] [she] [showed] [the] [picture] [to] [all] [the] [neolithic] [ladies] [sitting] [patiently] [on] [the] [stranger-man] [.] isn't it shocking [!] ['] 1 isn't 2 it 1 isn't 3 shocking by [this] [time] the [stranger-man] [(] [in] spite of being [a] [tewara] [)] [was] [really] annoyed [.] 1 by 8 spite 4 the 8 spite 8 spite 9 of 9 of 10 being 10 being 16 annoyed ['] [well] [,] [you] [have] [been] [quick] [!] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [but] [why] [did] [you] [bring] [so] [many] [people] [?] daddy [dear] , [this] [is] my surprise [.] 1 daddy 3 , 3 , 6 my 6 my 7 surprise are you surprised [,] [daddy] [?] ['] 1 are 2 you 1 are 3 surprised ['] [very] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [;] ['] [but] [it] [has] [ruined] [all] [my] [fishing] [for] [the] [day] [.] why , [the] [whole] [dear] [,] [kind] [,] [nice] [,] [clean] [,] [quiet] [tribe] [is] [here] [,] [taffy] [.] ['] 1 why 2 , and so they were [.] 1 and 2 so 2 so 4 were 3 they 4 were ['] [explain] [!] [explain] [!] explain [!] ['] [cried] [all] the [tribe] [of] [tegumai] [.] 1 explain 6 the ['] [goodness] ['] [sakes] [alive] [!] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [let] [go] [of] [my] [top-knot] [.] can't a man break his carp-spear without the whole countryside descending on him [?] 1 can't 3 man 1 can't 4 break 2 a 3 man 4 break 6 carp-spear 4 break 7 without 4 break 12 on 5 his 6 carp-spear 7 without 10 countryside 8 the 10 countryside 9 whole 10 countryside 10 countryside 11 descending 10 countryside 12 on 12 on 13 him you 're a very interfering people [.] ['] 1 you 2 're 2 're 6 people 3 a 4 very 3 a 6 people 4 very 5 interfering 5 interfering 6 people ['] [i] [don't] [believe] [you] ['ve] [brought] [my] [daddy] ['s] [black-handled] [spear] [after] [all] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [and] [what] [are] [you] [doing] [to] [my] [nice] [stranger-man] [?] ['] they were thumping him by twos and threes and [tens] till his eyes turned round and round [.] 1 they 7 and 2 were 3 thumping 2 were 7 and 3 thumping 4 him 3 thumping 5 by 5 by 6 twos 7 and 9 and 8 threes 9 and 9 and 11 till 11 till 13 eyes 12 his 13 eyes 13 eyes 14 turned 14 turned 16 and 15 round 16 and 16 and 17 round he could only gasp and point [at] [taffy] [.] 1 he 2 could 2 could 5 and 3 only 4 gasp 4 gasp 5 and 5 and 6 point ['] [where] [are] [the] [bad] [people] [who] [speared] [you] [,] [my] [darling] [?] ['] [said] [teshumai] [tewindrow] [.] ['] [there] [weren't] [any] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [my] [only] [visitor] [this] [morning] [was] [the] [poor] [fellow] [that] [you] [are] [trying] [to] [choke] [.] aren't you well [,] [or] [are] [you] [ill] [,] [o] [tribe] [of] [tegumai] [?] ['] 1 aren't 2 you 1 aren't 3 well ['] [he] [came] [with] [a] [horrible] [picture] [,] ['] [said] [the] [head] [chief] [,] ['] [a] [picture] [that] [showed] [you] [were] [full] [of] [spears] [.] ['] ['] [er-um-pr'aps] [i] ['d] [better] ['] [splain] [that] [i] [gave] [him] [that] [picture] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [,] [but] [she] [did] [not] [feel] [quite] [comfy] [.] ['] [you] [!] ['] [said] [the] [tribe] [of] [tegumai] [all] [together] [.] ['] [!] [you] [?] ['] ['] [explain] [!] [explain] [!] explain [!] ['] [said] [the] [head] [chief] [of] [the] [tribe] [of] [tegumai] , and he hopped on one foot [.] 1 explain 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 he 15 he 16 hopped 16 hopped 17 on 17 on 19 foot 18 one 19 foot ['] [i] [wanted] [the] [stranger-man] [to] [fetch] [daddy] ['s] [spear] [,] [so] [i] [drawded] [it] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [there] [wasn't] [lots] [of] [spears] [.] there was only one spear [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 5 spear 3 only 4 one 4 one 5 spear i drawded it three times to make [sure] [.] 1 i 2 drawded 2 drawded 3 it 2 drawded 5 times 2 drawded 6 to 4 three 5 times 6 to 7 make ['] [he] [is] [a] [very] [nice] [man] [.] why have you filled his hair with mud [?] 1 why 2 have 2 have 3 you 2 have 4 filled 4 filled 6 hair 4 filled 7 with 5 his 6 hair 6 hair 7 with 7 with 8 mud wash him [!] ['] 1 wash 2 him the only [people] [who] [did] [not] [laugh] [were] [teshumai] [tewindrow] [and] [all] [the] [neolithic] ladies [.] 1 the 2 only 1 the 15 ladies they were very polite to all [their] husbands [,] [and] [said] ['] [idiot] [!] ['] ever so often [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 4 polite 3 very 4 polite 4 polite 5 to 4 polite 16 ever 4 polite 18 often 5 to 8 husbands 6 all 8 husbands 17 so 18 often ['] [i] [didn't] [intend] [to] [;] [i] [only] [wanted] [daddy] ['s] [black-handled] [spear] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [never] [mind] [.] it is [a] [great] [invention] , and some day men will call it writing [.] 1 it 6 , 2 is 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 10 men 7 and 12 call 8 some 9 day 9 day 10 men 10 men 11 will 11 will 12 call 12 call 13 it 13 it 14 writing at present it is [only] [pictures] [,] [and] [,] as we have seen [to-day] [,] pictures are [not] [always] [properly] [understood] [.] 1 at 2 present 2 present 3 it 3 it 4 is 4 is 10 as 10 as 11 we 10 as 17 are 11 we 12 have 12 have 13 seen 16 pictures 17 are let [the] [neolithic] [ladies] wash [the] [mud] [out] [of] [the] [stranger] ['s] [hair] [.] ['] 1 let 5 wash most of them prefer to draw pictures and play [about] [with] [their] [daddies] [just] [like] [taffy] [.] 1 most 2 of 1 most 3 them 2 of 3 them 3 them 8 and 4 prefer 5 to 4 prefer 6 draw 4 prefer 8 and 5 to 6 draw 6 draw 7 pictures 8 and 9 play [how] [the] [alphabet] [was] [made] presently she began to [giggle] , [and] [her] [daddy] [said] , ['] [don't] be [silly] , child [.] ['] 1 presently 2 she 2 she 3 began 3 began 4 to 4 to 6 , 6 , 11 , 11 , 14 be 11 , 16 , 16 , 17 child ['] [but] [wasn't] [it] [inciting] [!] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [well] [do] [i] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [i] [had] [to] [pay] [two] [deerskins] [soft] [ones] [with] [fringes] [to] [the] [stranger-man] [for] [the] [things] [we] [did] [to] [him] [.] ['] ['] [we] [didn't] [do] [anything] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [it] [was] [mummy] [and] [the] [other] [neolithic] [ladies] [and] [the] [mud] [.] ['] ['] [we] [won't] [talk] [about] [that] [,] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [,] ['] [let] ['s] [have] [lunch] [.] ['] taffy took a marrow-bone and sat [mousy-quiet] [for] [ten] [whole] [minutes] [,] [while] [her] [daddy] [scratched] on pieces of birch-bark with a shark 's tooth [.] 1 taffy 5 and 2 took 4 marrow-bone 2 took 5 and 3 a 4 marrow-bone 5 and 6 sat 6 sat 17 on 17 on 18 pieces 18 pieces 19 of 19 of 20 birch-bark 20 birch-bark 21 with 21 with 25 tooth 22 a 23 shark 23 shark 24 's 24 's 25 tooth then she said , ['] [daddy] , [i] ['ve] [thinked] of [a] [secret] [surprise] [.] 1 then 4 , 1 then 7 , 2 she 3 said 3 said 4 , 7 , 11 of you make a noise any sort of noise [.] ['] 1 you 2 make 2 make 4 noise 2 make 8 noise 3 a 4 noise 5 any 6 sort 6 sort 7 of 6 sort 8 noise 7 of 8 noise ['] [ah] [!] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [will] [that] [do] [to] [begin] [with] [?] ['] ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [you] [look] [just] [like] [a] [carp-fish] [with] [its] [mouth] [open] [.] say it again , please [.] ['] 1 say 2 it 1 say 3 again 1 say 4 , 4 , 5 please ['] [ah] [!] [ah] [!] [ah] [!] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] ['] [don't] [be] [rude] [,] [my] [daughter] [.] ['] ['] [i] ['m] [not] [meaning] [rude] [,] [really] [and] [truly] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [it] ['s] [part] [of] [my] [secret-surprise-think] [.] do say ah , [daddy] , and keep your mouth open at the end , and lend me that tooth [.] 1 do 7 and 2 say 7 and 3 ah 4 , 3 ah 6 , 6 , 7 and 7 and 16 and 8 keep 10 mouth 8 keep 16 and 9 your 10 mouth 10 mouth 11 open 11 open 12 at 12 at 14 end 13 the 14 end 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 lend 17 lend 18 me 17 lend 20 tooth 19 that 20 tooth i 'm going to draw a carp-fish 's mouth wide-open [.] ['] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 going 3 going 4 to 3 going 5 draw 4 to 5 draw 5 draw 10 wide-open 6 a 7 carp-fish 7 carp-fish 8 's 8 's 10 wide-open 9 mouth 10 wide-open ['] [what] [for] [?] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] ['] [don't] [you] [see] [?] ['] [said] [taffy] [,] [scratching] [away] [on] [the] [bark] [.] ['] [that] [will] [be] [our] [little] [secret] [s'prise] [.] ['] [really] [?] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [,] [in] [the] [voice] [that] [grown-ups] [use] [when] [they] [are] [truly] [attending] [.] ['] [go] [on] [,] [taffy] [.] ['] ['] [oh] [bother] [!] ['] [she] [said] [.] ['] [i] [can't] [draw] [all] [of] [a] [carp-fish] [,] [but] [i] [can] [draw] [something] [that] [means] [a] [carp-fish] ['s] [mouth] [.] don't you know how they stand on their heads rooting in the mud [?] 1 don't 2 you 1 don't 3 know 3 know 4 how 4 how 5 they 4 how 6 stand 5 they 6 stand 6 stand 7 on 6 stand 11 in 7 on 9 heads 8 their 9 heads 9 heads 10 rooting 9 heads 11 in 11 in 13 mud 12 the 13 mud well , [here] ['s] a pretence [carp-fish] [(] [we] [can] [play] that [the] [rest] [of] [him] is drawn [)] [.] 1 well 2 , 1 well 12 that 2 , 6 pretence 5 a 6 pretence 12 that 17 is 17 is 18 drawn here 's just his mouth , and that means [ah] [.] ['] 1 here 2 's 2 's 3 just 2 's 7 and 4 his 5 mouth 5 mouth 7 and 6 , 7 and 7 and 9 means 8 that 9 means and she drew this [.] 1 and 2 she 1 and 3 drew 2 she 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [but] [i] [can't] [draw] [,] [daddy] [.] ['] ['] [you] [needn't] [draw] [anything] [of] [him] [except] [just] [the] [opening] [of] [his] [mouth] [and] [the] [feeler] [across] [.] then we 'll know he 's a carp-fish , ['] cause the perches and trouts haven't got feelers [.] 1 then 2 we 2 we 3 'll 3 'll 4 know 4 know 5 he 4 know 6 's 5 he 6 's 6 's 11 cause 7 a 8 carp-fish 7 a 11 cause 8 carp-fish 9 , 8 carp-fish 11 cause 11 cause 14 and 11 cause 17 got 12 the 13 perches 13 perches 14 and 14 and 15 trouts 14 and 16 haven't 16 haven't 17 got 17 got 18 feelers look here , [taffy] [.] ['] 1 look 2 here 1 look 3 , and he drew this [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew 2 he 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [now] [i] ['ll] [copy] [it] [.] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [will] [you] [understand] [this] [when] [you] [see] [it] [?] ['] ['] [perfectly] [,] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] and she drew this [.] 1 and 2 she 1 and 3 drew 2 she 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [now] [,] [make] [another] [noise] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [,] [very] [proud] [.] ['] [yah] [!] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [,] [very] [loud] [.] ['] [h'm] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [a] [mixy] [noise] [.] the end part is ah-carp-fish-mouth [;] [but] [what] [can] [we] [do] [about] [the] [front] [part] [?] 1 the 3 part 2 end 3 part 3 part 4 is 4 is 5 ah-carp-fish-mouth yer-yer-yer and ah [!] 1 yer-yer-yer 2 and 2 and 3 ah [ya] [!] ['] ['] [it] ['s] [very] [like] [the] [carp-fish-mouth] [noise] [.] let's draw another bit of the carp-fish and join ['] em [,] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] 1 let's 2 draw 2 draw 8 and 3 another 4 bit 4 bit 5 of 4 bit 8 and 5 of 8 and 6 the 7 carp-fish 7 carp-fish 8 and 8 and 11 em 9 join 11 em he was quite incited too [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 4 incited 3 quite 4 incited 4 incited 5 too ['] [no] [.] [if] [they] ['re] [joined] [,] [i] ['ll] [forget] [.] draw it [separate] [.] 1 draw 2 it draw his tail [.] 1 draw 3 tail 2 his 3 tail if he 's standing on his head the tail will come first [.] 1 if 2 he 1 if 3 's 1 if 9 tail 2 he 3 's 3 's 4 standing 4 standing 5 on 5 on 7 head 6 his 7 head 8 the 9 tail 9 tail 10 will 10 will 11 come 11 come 12 first ['] [sides] [,] [i] [think] [i] [can] [draw] [tails] [easiest] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [a] [good] [notion] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [here] ['s] [a] [carp-fish] [tail] [for] [the] [yer-noise] [.] ['] and he drew this [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew 2 he 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [i] ['ll] [try] [now] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ["] [member] [i] [can't] [draw] [like] [you] [,] [daddy] [.] will it do [if] [i] [just] [draw] the [split] [part] of [the] [tail] , [and] [the] [sticky-down] [line] for [where] it [joins] [?] ['] 1 will 2 it 1 will 3 do 3 do 19 for 8 the 11 of 11 of 14 , 14 , 19 for 19 for 21 it and she drew this [.] 1 and 2 she 1 and 3 drew 2 she 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] her [daddy] [nodded] [,] [and] [his] eyes were [shiny] bright [with] ['] [citement] [.] 1 her 7 eyes 7 eyes 8 were 8 were 10 bright ['] [that] ['s] [beautiful] [,] ['] [she] [said] [.] ['] [now] [make] [another] [noise] [,] [daddy] [.] ['] ['] [oh] [!] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [,] [very] [loud] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [quite] [easy] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [you] [make] [your] [mouth] [all] [around] [like] [an] [egg] [or] [a] [stone] [.] so an egg or a stone will do for that [.] ['] 1 so 4 or 2 an 3 egg 3 egg 4 or 4 or 8 do 4 or 9 for 5 a 6 stone 5 a 8 do 6 stone 8 do 7 will 8 do 9 for 10 that ['] [you] [can't] [always] [find] [eggs] [or] [stones] [.] we 'll have to scratch a round something like one [.] ['] 1 we 2 'll 2 'll 3 have 3 have 4 to 3 have 8 something 3 have 9 like 4 to 5 scratch 5 scratch 7 round 6 a 7 round 8 something 9 like 9 like 10 one and he drew this [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew 2 he 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [my] [gracious] [!] ['] [said] [taffy] [,] ['] [what] [a] [lot] [of] [noise-pictures] [we] ['ve] [made] [,] [carp-mouth] [,] [carp-tail] [,] [and] [egg] [!] now , make another noise [,] [daddy] [.] ['] 1 now 2 , 1 now 3 make 3 make 5 noise 4 another 5 noise ['] [ssh] [!] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [,] [and] [frowned] [to] [himself] [,] [but] [taffy] [was] [too] [incited] [to] [notice] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [quite] [easy] [,] ['] [she] [said] [,] [scratching] [on] [the] [bark] [.] ['] [eh] [,] [what] [?] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] ['] [i] [meant] [i] [was] [thinking] [,] [and] [didn't] [want] [to] [be] [disturbed] [.] ['] ['] [it] ['s] [a] [noise] [just] [the] [same] [.] it 's the noise a snake makes , [daddy] , when it is [thinking] and [doesn't] [want] to be disturbed [.] 1 it 2 's 1 it 15 and 2 's 4 noise 2 's 6 snake 2 's 7 makes 3 the 4 noise 5 a 6 snake 6 snake 7 makes 8 , 10 , 10 , 11 when 11 when 13 is 12 it 13 is 13 is 15 and 15 and 20 disturbed 18 to 19 be 19 be 20 disturbed let's make the ssh-noise a snake [.] 1 let's 2 make 2 make 4 ssh-noise 2 make 6 snake 3 the 4 ssh-noise 5 a 6 snake will this do [?] ['] 1 will 2 this 1 will 3 do and she drew this [.] 1 and 2 she 1 and 3 drew 2 she 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [there] [,] ['] [she] [said] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [another] [s'prise-secret] [.] ['] [perfectly] [true] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] and there 's more [in] this game than you think [.] 1 and 2 there 1 and 3 's 2 there 3 's 3 's 4 more 3 's 7 game 3 's 8 than 6 this 7 game 8 than 10 think 9 you 10 think i believe we 've found out the big secret of the world [.] ['] 1 i 2 believe 2 believe 3 we 2 believe 4 've 3 we 4 've 4 've 5 found 5 found 6 out 5 found 9 secret 7 the 9 secret 8 big 9 secret 9 secret 10 of 10 of 12 world 11 the 12 world ['] [why] [?] ['] [said] [taffy] [,] [and] [her] [eyes] [shone] [too] [with] [incitement] [.] ['] [i] ['ll] [show] [,] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] ['] [what] ['s] [water] [in] [the] [tegumai] [language] [?] ['] ['] [ya] [,] [of] [course] [,] [and] [it] [means] [river] [too] [like] [wagai-ya] [the] [wagai] [river] [.] ['] ['] [what] [is] [bad] [water] [that] [gives] [you] [fever] [if] [you] [drink] [it] [black] [water] [swamp-water] [?] ['] ['] [yo] [,] [of] [course] [.] ['] ['] [now] [look] [,] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] ['] [s'pose] [you] [saw] [this] [scratched] [by] [the] [side] [of] [a] [pool] [in] [the] [beaver-swamp] [?] ['] and he drew this [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew 2 he 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [carp-tail] [and] [round] [egg] [.] two noises mixed [!] 1 two 2 noises 2 noises 3 mixed yo [,] [bad] [water] , ['] [said] [taffy] [.] " [course] [i] [wouldn't] [drink] [that] [water] [because] [i] ['d] [know] [you] said [it] [was] [bad] [.] ['] 1 yo 5 , 5 , 10 " 5 , 22 said ['] [but] [i] [needn't] [be] [near] [the] [water] [at] [all] [.] i might be miles away , hunting , and still ['] 1 i 2 might 2 might 3 be 3 be 5 away 3 be 9 and 4 miles 5 away 6 , 9 and 7 hunting 9 and 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 still all that in a carp-fish-tail and a round egg [!] 1 all 9 egg 2 that 3 in 2 that 6 and 3 in 5 carp-fish-tail 4 a 5 carp-fish-tail 6 and 8 round 6 and 9 egg 7 a 8 round o [daddy] , [we] [must] [tell] [mummy] [,] [quick] [!] ['] [and] [taffy] [danced] [all] [round] [him] [.] 1 o 3 , ['] [not] [yet] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [;] ['] [not] [till] [we] ['ve] [gone] [a] [little] [further] [.] let's see [.] 1 let's 2 see yo [is] [bad] water [,] [but] [so] [is] [food] [cooked] [on] [the] [fire] [,] [isn't] [it] [?] ['] 1 yo 4 water and he drew this [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew 2 he 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [yes] [.] snake and egg [,] ['] [said] [taffy] ['] [so] [that] [means] [dinner] ['s] [ready] [.] 1 snake 2 and 2 and 3 egg if you saw that scratched on a tree you 'd know it was time to come [to] [the] [cave] [.] 1 if 2 you 1 if 3 saw 1 if 4 that 2 you 3 saw 4 that 5 scratched 5 scratched 6 on 5 scratched 8 tree 5 scratched 15 to 7 a 8 tree 8 tree 9 you 8 tree 14 time 9 you 10 'd 10 'd 11 know 11 know 12 it 11 know 14 time 12 it 13 was 13 was 14 time 15 to 16 come [so] ['d] [i] [.] ['] ['] [my] [winkie] [!] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [true] [too] [.] but wait [a] [minute] [.] 1 but 2 wait i see a difficulty [.] 1 i 2 see 2 see 4 difficulty 3 a 4 difficulty [so] [means] ["] [come] [and] [have] [dinner] [,] ["] [but] [sho] [means] [the] [drying-poles] [where] [we] [hang] [our] [hides] [.] ['] ['] [horrid] [old] [drying-poles] [!] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [i] [hate] [helping] [to] [hang] [heavy] [,] [hot] [,] [hairy] [hides] [on] [them] [.] ['] [you] ['d] [be] [cross] [.] [so] ['d] [mummy] [.] we must make a new picture for sho [.] 1 we 2 must 2 must 3 make 3 make 6 picture 3 make 7 for 4 a 5 new 4 a 6 picture 5 new 6 picture 6 picture 7 for 7 for 8 sho we must draw a spotty snake that hisses sh-sh , and we 'll play that the plain snake only hisses [ssss] [.] ['] 1 we 2 must 2 must 3 draw 3 draw 6 snake 3 draw 15 that 4 a 6 snake 5 spotty 6 snake 6 snake 7 that 6 snake 14 play 7 that 11 and 7 that 14 play 8 hisses 9 sh-sh 9 sh-sh 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 we 11 and 13 'll 13 'll 14 play 15 that 18 snake 15 that 20 hisses 16 the 18 snake 17 plain 18 snake 18 snake 20 hisses 19 only 20 hisses ['] [i] [couldn't] [be] [sure] [how] [to] [put] [in] [the] [spots] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] [no] [!] i think we 'd better draw a picture of the horrid high drying-poles their very selves , and [make] quite sure [.] 1 i 2 think 2 think 3 we 2 think 6 draw 3 we 4 'd 4 'd 6 draw 5 better 6 draw 6 draw 8 picture 6 draw 13 drying-poles 7 a 8 picture 8 picture 9 of 8 picture 13 drying-poles 9 of 12 high 10 the 12 high 11 horrid 12 high 13 drying-poles 18 and 14 their 15 very 14 their 16 selves 16 selves 18 and 17 , 18 and 18 and 21 sure 20 quite 21 sure i 'll put them in just after the hissy-snake [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 put 3 put 4 them 3 put 5 in 3 put 6 just 6 just 7 after 7 after 9 hissy-snake 8 the 9 hissy-snake [look] [!] ['] and she drew this [.] 1 and 2 she 1 and 3 drew 2 she 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [p'raps] [that's] [safest] [.] it 's very like our drying-poles , anyhow , ['] said [her] [daddy] [,] laughing [.] 1 it 2 's 2 's 4 like 3 very 4 like 4 like 6 drying-poles 5 our 6 drying-poles 6 drying-poles 15 laughing 7 , 8 anyhow 8 anyhow 9 , 8 anyhow 15 laughing 11 said 15 laughing ['] [now] [i] ['ll] [make] [a] [new] [noise] [with] [a] [snake] [and] [drying-pole] [sound] [in] [it] [.] i 'll say shi [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 say 3 say 4 shi that 's [tegumai] for [spear] , [taffy] [.] ['] 1 that 2 's 2 's 4 for 4 for 6 , and he laughed [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 laughed ['] [don't] [make] [fun] [of] [me] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [,] [as] [she] [thought] [of] [her] [picture-letter] [and] [the] [mud] [in] [the] [stranger-man] ['s] [hair] [.] ['] [you] [draw] [it] [,] [daddy] [.] ['] [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [even] [mummy] [couldn't] [mistake] [that] [for] [me] [being] [killed] [.] ['] ['] [please] [don't] [,] [daddy] [.] it makes me uncomfy [.] 1 it 2 makes 2 makes 3 me 2 makes 4 uncomfy do some more noises [.] 1 do 4 noises 2 some 3 more 3 more 4 noises we 're getting on beautifully [.] ['] 1 we 2 're 2 're 3 getting 3 getting 4 on 3 getting 5 beautifully ['] [er-hm] [!] ['] [said] [tegumai] [,] [looking] [up] [.] ['] [we] ['ll] [say] [shu] [.] that means sky [.] ['] 1 that 2 means 2 means 3 sky taffy drew the snake and the drying-pole [.] 1 taffy 2 drew 2 drew 4 snake 2 drew 5 and 3 the 4 snake 5 and 7 drying-pole 6 the 7 drying-pole then she stopped [.] 1 then 2 she 2 she 3 stopped ['] [we] [must] [make] [a] [new] [picture] [for] [that] [end] [sound] [,] [mustn't] [we] [?] ['] ['] [shu-shu-u-u-u] [!] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] ['] [why] [,] [it] ['s] [just] [like] [the] [round-egg-sound] [made] [thin] [.] ['] ['] [then] [s'pose] [we] [draw] [a] [thin] [round] [egg] [,] [and] [pretend] [it] ['s] [a] [frog] [that] [hasn't] [eaten] [anything] [for] [years] [.] ['] ['] [n-no] [,] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] ['] [if] [we] [drew] [that] [in] [a] [hurry] [we] [might] [mistake] [it] [for] [the] [round] [egg] [itself] [.] [shu-shu-shu] [!] ['] [i] [tell] [you] [what] [we] ['ll] [do] [.] we 'll open a little hole at the end of the round egg to show how [the] [o-noise] [runs] out all thin , ooo-oo-oo [.] 1 we 2 'll 2 'll 3 open 3 open 6 hole 3 open 7 at 3 open 14 to 3 open 20 out 4 a 6 hole 5 little 6 hole 6 hole 7 at 7 at 9 end 8 the 9 end 9 end 10 of 10 of 13 egg 11 the 13 egg 12 round 13 egg 14 to 15 show 15 show 16 how 20 out 24 ooo-oo-oo 21 all 24 ooo-oo-oo 22 thin 23 , 22 thin 24 ooo-oo-oo like this [.] ['] 1 like 2 this and he drew this [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew 2 he 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [oh] [,] [that] ['s] [lovely] [!] [much] [better] [than] [a] [thin] [frog] [.] go on , ['] said [taffy] [,] using her shark 's tooth [.] 1 go 2 on 2 on 8 using 3 , 5 said 5 said 8 using 8 using 12 tooth 9 her 10 shark 10 shark 11 's 11 's 12 tooth [her] [daddy] [went] [on] [drawing] [,] [and] [his] [hand] [shook] [with] [incitement] [.] he went on till he had drawn this [.] 1 he 2 went 2 went 3 on 2 went 4 till 4 till 5 he 4 till 7 drawn 5 he 6 had 6 had 7 drawn 7 drawn 8 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [don't] [look] [up] [,] [taffy] [,] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [try] [if] [you] [can] [make] [out] [what] [that] [means] [in] [the] [tegumai] [language] [.] if you can , [we] ['ve] [found] [the] [secret] [.] ['] 1 if 2 you 2 you 3 can 3 can 4 , ['] [snake] [pole] [broken] [egg] [carp] [tail] [and] [carp-mouth] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [shu-ya] [.] sky-water [(] rain [)] [.] ['] 1 sky-water 3 rain just then [a] [drop] [fell] [on] [her] [hand] , [for] [the] [day] [had] [clouded] [over] [.] 1 just 2 then 1 just 9 , ['] [why] [,] [daddy] [,] [it] ['s] [raining] [.] was that what you meant to tell me [?] ['] 1 was 2 that 1 was 3 what 3 what 4 you 3 what 7 tell 4 you 5 meant 5 meant 6 to 5 meant 7 tell 6 to 7 tell 7 tell 8 me ['] [of] [course] [,] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] ['] [and] [i] [told] [it] [you] [without] [saying] [a] [word] [,] [didn't] [i] [?] ['] ['] [well] [,] [i] [think] [i] [would] [have] [known] [it] [in] [a] [minute] [,] [but] [that] [raindrop] [made] [me] [quite] [sure] [.] i 'll always remember [now] [.] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 4 remember 3 always 4 remember shu-ya [means] [rain] , [or] " it [is] [going] [to] [rain] [.] ["] 1 shu-ya 4 , 1 shu-ya 7 it 4 , 6 " why , [daddy] [!] ['] 1 why 2 , she got up and danced round [him] [.] 1 she 4 and 2 got 3 up 2 got 4 and 4 and 5 danced 5 danced 6 round [wouldn't] [mummy] [be] [surprised] [?] ['] tegumai got up and danced [.] 1 tegumai 4 and 2 got 3 up 2 got 4 and 4 and 5 danced [(] [daddies] [didn't] [mind] [doing] [those] [things] [in] [those] [days] [.] [)] ['] [more] [than] [that] [!] [more] [than] [that] [!] ['] [he] [said] [.] [say] [the] [words] [in] [tegumai-talk] [first] [.] ['] ['] [shu-ya-las] [,] [ya] [maru] [.] [(] [sky-water] [ending] [.] river come [to] [.] [)] [what] [a] [lot] [of] [new] [sounds] [!] 1 river 2 come i don't see how we can draw them [.] ['] 1 i 2 don't 2 don't 3 see 3 see 4 how 4 how 5 we 4 how 7 draw 5 we 6 can 6 can 7 draw 7 draw 8 them ['] [but] [i] [do] [but] [i] [do] [!] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [just] [attend] [a] [minute] [,] [taffy] [,] [and] [we] [won't] [do] [any] [more] [to-day] [.] we 've got shu-ya all right [,] [haven't] [we] [?] 1 we 2 've 2 've 3 got 3 got 4 shu-ya 4 shu-ya 6 right 5 all 6 right but this [las] is a teaser [.] 1 but 2 this 2 this 4 is 4 is 6 teaser 5 a 6 teaser [la-la-la] ['] [and] [he] [waved] [his] [shark-tooth] [.] ['] [there] ['s] [the] [hissy-snake] [at] [the] [end] [and] [the] [carp-mouth] [before] [the] [snake] [as-as-as] [.] we only want la-la [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] 1 we 3 want 2 only 3 want 3 want 4 la-la ['] [i] [know] [it] [,] [but] [we] [have] [to] [make] [la-la] [.] and we 're the first people in all the world [who] ['ve] [ever] tried to do [it] [,] [taffimai] [!] ['] 1 and 2 we 1 and 3 're 2 we 3 're 3 're 6 people 3 're 7 in 4 the 5 first 4 the 6 people 6 people 7 in 7 in 8 all 8 all 10 world 8 all 16 do 9 the 10 world 14 tried 15 to 15 to 16 do ['] [well] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [,] [yawning] [,] [for] [she] [was] [rather] [tired] [.] ['] [las] [means] [breaking] [or] [finishing] [as] [well] [as] [ending] [,] [doesn't] [it] [?] ['] ['] [so] [it] [does] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [to-las] [means] [that] [there] ['s] [no] [water] [in] [the] [tank] [for] [mummy] [to] [cook] [with] [just] [when] [i] ['m] [going] [hunting] [,] [too] [.] ['] ['] [and] [shi-las] [means] [that] [your] [spear] [is] [broken] [.] [if] [i] ['d] [only] [thought] [of] [that] [instead] [of] [drawing] [silly] [beaver] [pictures] [for] [the] [stranger] [!] ['] ['] [la] [!] [la] [!] la ! ['] said [tegumai] [,] waiving his stick and frowning [.] 1 la 7 waiving 1 la 10 and 2 ! 4 said 4 said 7 waiving 7 waiving 9 stick 8 his 9 stick 10 and 11 frowning ['] [oh] [bother] [!] ['] ['] [i] [could] [have] [drawn] [shi] [quite] [easily] [,] ['] [taffy] [went] [on] [.] ['] [then] [i] ['d] [have] [drawn] [your] [spear] [all] [broken] [this] [way] [!] ['] and she drew [.] 1 and 2 she 1 and 3 drew 2 she 3 drew [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [the] [very] [thing] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [la] [all] [over] [.] it isn't like any of the other marks either [.] ['] 1 it 2 isn't 2 isn't 3 like 2 isn't 9 either 3 like 4 any 4 any 5 of 5 of 8 marks 6 the 7 other 7 other 8 marks and he drew this [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew 2 he 3 drew 3 drew 4 this [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [now] [for] [ya] [.] oh , [we] ['ve] [done] [that] [before] [.] 1 oh 2 , now [for] maru [.] 1 now 3 maru [mum-mum-mum] [.] mum shuts one 's mouth up [,] [doesn't] it [?] 1 mum 2 shuts 2 shuts 5 mouth 2 shuts 6 up 3 one 4 's 4 's 5 mouth 6 up 9 it we 'll draw a shut mouth like this [.] ['] 1 we 2 'll 2 'll 3 draw 3 draw 6 mouth 3 draw 7 like 4 a 6 mouth 5 shut 6 mouth 6 mouth 7 like 7 like 8 this and he drew [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [then] [the] [carp-mouth] [open] [.] [that] [makes] [ma-ma-ma] [!] but what [about] [this] rrrrr-thing , [taffy] [?] ['] 1 but 2 what 2 what 5 rrrrr-thing 5 rrrrr-thing 6 , ['] [it] [sounds] [all] [rough] [and] [edgy] [,] [like] [your] [shark-tooth] [saw] [when] [you] ['re] [cutting] [out] [a] [plank] [for] [the] [canoe] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [you] [mean] [all] [sharp] [at] [the] [edges] [,] [like] [this] [?] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] and he drew [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew [(] [@number@] [)] ["] [xactly] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [but] [we] [don't] [want] [all] [those] [teeth] [:] [only] [put] [two] [.] ['] ['] [i] ['ll] [only] [put] [in] [one] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] and he drew [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 drew [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [now] [,] [we] ['ve] [got] [it] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [,] [standing] [on] [one] [leg] [.] ['] [i] ['ll] [draw] ['] [em] [all] [in] [a] [string] [like] [fish] [.] ['] ['] [oh] [,] [i] ['ll] [leave] [a] [space] [for] [that] [,] ['] [said] [her] [daddy] [.] and very incitedly he drew them all without stopping , on a big new bit of birch-bark [.] 1 and 4 he 1 and 5 drew 2 very 3 incitedly 3 incitedly 4 he 4 he 5 drew 5 drew 7 all 5 drew 8 without 6 them 7 all 8 without 9 stopping 9 stopping 11 on 10 , 11 on 11 on 15 bit 12 a 13 big 12 a 15 bit 13 big 15 bit 14 new 15 bit 15 bit 16 of 16 of 17 birch-bark [(] [@number@] [)] ['] [shu-ya-las] [ya-maru] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [,] [reading] [it] [out] [sound] [by] [sound] [.] ['] [that] ['s] [enough] [for] [to-day] [,] ['] [said] [tegumai] [.] ['] [besides] [,] [you] ['re] [getting] [tired] [,] [taffy] [.] never mind , [dear] [.] 1 never 2 mind 1 never 3 , ['] [please] [don't] [mind] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [um] [,] ['] [said] [taffy] [.] ['] [these] [picture-sounds] [are] [rather] [a] [bother] [!] daddy ['s] just as [good] [as] [come] [here] [himself] [and] [told] [me] to get more [water] [for] [mummy] [to] [cook] [with] [.] ['] 1 daddy 3 just 3 just 4 as 4 as 13 to 13 to 14 get 14 get 15 more you can see from these three pictures [partly] how it happened [.] 1 you 2 can 2 can 3 see 3 see 4 from 3 see 9 how 4 from 7 pictures 5 these 6 three 6 three 7 pictures 9 how 10 it 9 how 11 happened 10 it 11 happened [(] [@number@] [@number@] [@number@] [)] but [i] [remember] [tegumai] [bopsulai] , and [taffimai] [metallumai] [and] [teshumai] [tewindrow] , [her] dear [mummy] , and all [the] [days] [gone] [by] [.] 1 but 6 , 1 but 13 , 6 , 7 and 13 , 18 and 15 dear 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 all and it was so just [so] a little time [ago] on the banks of the [big] [wagai] [!] 1 and 2 it 1 and 3 was 2 it 3 was 3 was 9 time 3 was 11 on 4 so 5 just 4 so 7 a 5 just 7 a 7 a 8 little 7 a 9 time 11 on 13 banks 12 the 13 banks 13 banks 14 of 14 of 15 the but as the faithful years return [and] [hearts] [unwounded] [sing] [again] [,] [comes] [taffy] [dancing] [through] [the] [fern] [to] [lead] [the] [surrey] [spring] [again] [.] 1 but 2 as 1 but 6 return 2 as 5 years 3 the 5 years 4 faithful 5 years her [brows] [are] [bound] [with] [bracken-fronds] [,] [and] [golden] [elf-locks] [fly] [above] [;] [her] eyes are bright as diamonds [and] [bluer] [than] [the] [skies] above [.] 1 her 15 eyes 15 eyes 16 are 16 are 17 bright 17 bright 18 as 17 bright 25 above 18 as 19 diamonds [the] [crab] [that] [played] [with] [the] [sea] he took [the] [elephant] and said , ['] [play] at [being] [an] [elephant] , ['] and played [.] 1 he 5 and 2 took 5 and 5 and 16 and 6 said 16 and 7 , 10 at 10 at 14 , 14 , 16 and 16 and 17 played he took [the] [beaver] [all-the-beaver-there-was] and said , ['] [play] at [being] [a] [beaver] , ['] and [all-the] [beaver-there-was] played [.] 1 he 6 and 2 took 6 and 6 and 17 and 7 said 17 and 8 , 11 at 11 at 15 , 15 , 17 and 17 and 20 played he took [the] [cow] [all-the] [cow-there-was] and said , ['] [play] at [being] [a] [cow] , ['] and [all-the-cow-there-was] played [.] 1 he 7 and 2 took 7 and 7 and 18 and 8 said 18 and 9 , 12 at 12 at 16 , 16 , 18 and 18 and 20 played he took [the] [turtle] [all-the-turtle] [there-was] and said , ['] [play] at [being] [a] [turtle] , ['] and [all-the-turtle-there-was] played [.] 1 he 7 and 2 took 7 and 7 and 18 and 8 said 18 and 9 , 12 at 12 at 16 , 16 , 18 and 18 and 20 played one by one he took all the beasts and birds and fishes and told them what to play at [.] 1 one 2 by 2 by 3 one 3 one 4 he 4 he 11 and 5 took 6 all 5 took 11 and 6 all 7 the 6 all 9 and 7 the 8 beasts 8 beasts 9 and 9 and 10 birds 11 and 13 and 12 fishes 13 and 13 and 14 told 14 told 15 them 14 told 16 what 16 what 17 to 16 what 19 at 17 to 18 play 18 play 19 at nobody saw him go away except the little girl-daughter where she leaned on the [man] ['s] shoulder [.] 1 nobody 2 saw 2 saw 3 him 2 saw 4 go 4 go 5 away 4 go 6 except 4 go 10 where 6 except 9 girl-daughter 7 the 9 girl-daughter 8 little 9 girl-daughter 9 girl-daughter 10 where 10 where 11 she 10 where 12 leaned 11 she 12 leaned 12 leaned 13 on 13 on 17 shoulder 14 the 17 shoulder ['] [kun] [?] ['] [said] [,] [meaning] [,] ['] [is] [this] [right] [?] ['] ['] [kun] [?] ['] [said] [all-the-cow-there-was] [.] he went [west] , and [he] found [all-the-beaver-there-was] [making] [a] [beaver-dam] [across] the mouths [of] [broad] rivers [that] [had] [been] [got] [ready] for him [.] 1 he 5 and 2 went 5 and 4 , 5 and 5 and 7 found 7 found 17 rivers 7 found 23 for 13 the 14 mouths 13 the 17 rivers 23 for 24 him ['] [kun] [?] ['] [said] [all-the-beaver-there-was] [.] ['] [kun] [?] ['] [said] [all-the-turtle-there-was] [.] by and [by] [the] [eldest] [magician] [met] [the] [man] [on] [the] [banks] [of] [the] [perak] [river] , and [said] [,] ['] [ho] [!] 1 by 17 , 2 and 17 , 17 , 18 and son of [adam] [,] [are] [all] the [animals] obedient [to] [you] [?] ['] 1 son 2 of 2 of 7 the 7 the 9 obedient ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [the] [man] [.] ['] [is] [all] [the] [earth] [obedient] [to] [you] [?] ['] ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [the] [man] [.] ['] [is] [all] [the] [sea] [obedient] [to] [you] [?] ['] ['] [no] [,] ['] [said] [the] [man] [.] is that the play [you] [told] [it] [to] [play] [?] ['] 1 is 2 that 1 is 4 play 3 the 4 play ['] [no] [,] ['] [said] [the] [eldest] [magician] [.] ['] [that] [is] [a] [new] [and] [a] [bad] [play] [.] ['] ['] [this] [is] [wrong] [.] launch your canoe and we will find out who is playing with [the] [sea] , ['] [said] [the] [eldest] [magician] [.] 1 launch 3 canoe 1 launch 4 and 2 your 3 canoe 4 and 8 out 5 we 6 will 6 will 8 out 7 find 8 out 8 out 9 who 9 who 10 is 10 is 11 playing 10 is 12 with 12 with 15 , but not one of us plays [with] [the] [sea] [.] ['] 1 but 2 not 2 not 3 one 2 not 6 plays 3 one 4 of 4 of 5 us fisher [of] [the] [moon] , [are] [you] [playing] [with] [the] [sea] [?] ['] 1 fisher 5 , and he went on spinning his line [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 on 4 on 5 spinning 5 spinning 7 line 6 his 7 line rat [of] [the] [moon] , [are] [you] [playing] [with] [the] [sea] [?] ['] 1 rat 5 , and [the] [rat] said , ['] [i] [am] [too] [busy] biting [through] [the] [line] [that] [this] [old] [fisherman] is [spinning] [.] 1 and 4 said 4 said 5 , 5 , 11 biting 11 biting 19 is i do not play [with] [the] [sea] [.] ['] 1 i 2 do 2 do 3 not 3 not 4 play and he went on biting the line [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 on 4 on 5 biting 5 biting 7 line 6 the 7 line and [the] [eldest] [magician] said , ['] [how] [wise] [are] [little] [children] who [see] and [are] silent [!] 1 and 5 said 5 said 6 , 6 , 13 who 6 , 15 and 15 and 17 silent what was the beast like [?] ['] 1 what 2 was 1 what 5 like 2 was 4 beast 2 was 5 like 3 the 4 beast and [the] [eldest] [magician] said , ['] [how] [wise] [are] [little] [children] [who] [speak] [truth] [!] 1 and 5 said 5 said 6 , [now] [i] [know] [where] [pau] [amma] [went] [.] give me the paddle [!] ['] 1 give 2 me 1 give 4 paddle 3 the 4 paddle ['] [ah] [!] ['] [said] [the] [eldest] [magician] [.] once a day and [once] a night [i] return [.] 1 once 4 and 2 a 3 day 3 day 4 and 4 and 7 night 4 and 9 return 6 a 7 night leave me alone [.] ['] 1 leave 2 me 1 leave 3 alone then [the] [eldest] [magician] said , ['] [listen] , [pau] [amma] [.] 1 then 6 , 1 then 9 , 5 said 6 , then [pau] [amma] , [deep] [down] [below] [,] laughed and said , ['] [i] [did] [not] [know] [i] was so important [.] 1 then 4 , 1 then 10 and 9 laughed 10 and 10 and 11 said 11 said 12 , 12 , 19 was 19 was 21 important 20 so 21 important henceforward [i] [will] [go] [out] [seven] [times] [a] [day] , and the waters [shall] [never] be still [.] ['] 1 henceforward 10 , 10 , 11 and 10 , 16 be 11 and 13 waters 12 the 13 waters 16 be 17 still ['] [i] [am] [not] [afraid] [,] ['] [said] [pau] [amma] [,] [and] [he] [rose] [to] [the] [top] [of] [the] [sea] [in] [the] [moonlight] [.] there was nobody in the world so [big] as [pau] [amma] [for] he was [the] [king] [crab] of all [crabs] [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 3 nobody 2 was 7 so 3 nobody 4 in 4 in 6 world 5 the 6 world 7 so 13 he 9 as 13 he 13 he 14 was 14 was 18 of 18 of 19 all not a common [crab] [,] [but] [a] [king] [crab] [.] 1 not 3 common 2 a 3 common ['] [now] [,] ['] [said] [the] [magician] [,] ['] [make] [a] [magic] [,] [pau] [amma] [,] [to] [show] [that] [you] [are] [really] [important] [.] ['] ['] [you] [are] [not] [so] [important] [after] [all] [,] [pau] [amma] [,] ['] [he] [said] [.] ['] [indeed] [,] [you] [are] [very] [important] [,] ['] [said] [the] [eldest] [magician] [.] ['] [shall] [i] [ask] [the] [man] [here] [to] [cut] [you] [with] [kris] [?] and [pau] [amma] said , ['] [i] [am] [ashamed] [!] 1 and 4 said 4 said 5 , then [pau] [amma] said , ['] [what] [shall] [i] do [?] 1 then 4 said 4 said 5 , 5 , 10 do then he waved his legs and lamented [.] 1 then 2 he 2 he 6 and 3 waved 4 his 3 waved 5 legs 3 waved 6 and 6 and 7 lamented ['] [listen] [,] [pau] [amma] [,] ['] [said] [the] [eldest] [magician] [.] then [pau] [amma] said , ['] [that] is good [,] [but] [i] [do] [not] [choose] [yet] [.] 1 then 4 said 4 said 5 , 5 , 8 is 8 is 9 good look [!] [there] [is] [that] [man] [who] [talked] to you [at] [the] [very] [beginning] [.] 1 look 9 to 9 to 10 you what will he do for me [?] ['] 1 what 2 will 2 will 3 he 2 will 4 do 4 do 5 for 5 for 6 me and [pau] [amma] said , ['] [i] do [not] choose [yet] [.] 1 and 4 said 4 said 5 , 5 , 8 do 8 do 10 choose look [!] there [is] [that] [girl] [who] [saw] [me] [running] [away] [at] [the] [very] [beginning] [.] 1 look 3 there if she had spoken [then] , [the] [eldest] [magician] [would] [have] called [me] [back] , and all this would never have happened [.] 1 if 2 she 2 she 6 , 3 had 4 spoken 3 had 6 , 6 , 16 and 12 called 15 , 15 , 16 and 16 and 18 this 16 and 22 happened 17 all 18 this 18 this 19 would 19 would 21 have 20 never 21 have 21 have 22 happened what will she do for me [?] ['] 1 what 2 will 2 will 3 she 2 will 4 do 4 do 5 for 5 for 6 me and the [little] girl-daughter said , ['] [this] is [a] good [nut] [that] [i] [am] [eating] [.] 1 and 4 girl-daughter 1 and 5 said 2 the 4 girl-daughter 5 said 6 , 6 , 9 is 9 is 11 good give [me] [back] my shell , [o] [eldest] [magician] , and then [i] will play [your] [play] [.] ['] 1 give 11 and 4 my 5 shell 5 shell 11 and 6 , 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 then 11 and 14 will 14 will 15 play then [pau] [amma] [thought] [a] [little] [and] said , ['] [i] [have] [made] my choice [.] 1 then 8 said 8 said 9 , 9 , 14 my 14 my 15 choice i will take all the gifts [.] ['] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 take 3 take 4 all 4 all 5 the 4 all 6 gifts 5 the 6 gifts i can crack shells [.] 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 crack 3 crack 4 shells i can dig holes [.] 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 dig 3 dig 4 holes i can climb trees [.] 1 i 2 can 2 can 3 climb 3 climb 4 trees i [can] breathe in [the] [dry] [air] [,] [and] [i] [can] [find] [a] [safe] [pusat] [tasek] [under] [every] [stone] [.] 1 i 3 breathe 3 breathe 4 in i did not know [i] [was] [so] [important] [.] 1 i 2 did 2 did 3 not 3 not 4 know [kun] [?] ['] [(] [is] [this] [right] [?] [)] ['] [was] [that] [well] [done] [?] ['] [said] [the] [eldest] [magician] [.] ['] [yes] [,] ['] [said] [the] [man] [.] ['] [but] [now] [we] [must] [go] [back] [to] [perak] [,] [and] [that] [is] [a] [weary] [way] [to] [paddle] [.] ['] [you] [are] [lazy] [,] ['] [said] [the] [eldest] [magician] [.] ['] [so] [your] [children] [shall] [be] [lazy] [.] they shall be the laziest people in the world [.] 1 they 2 shall 2 shall 3 be 3 be 6 people 3 be 7 in 4 the 5 laziest 4 the 6 people 6 people 7 in 7 in 9 world 8 the 9 world pull his canoe home with [your] [line] , [fisherman] [.] ['] 1 pull 4 home 2 his 4 home 3 canoe 4 home 4 home 5 with 5 with 8 , ['] [no] [,] ['] [said] [the] [man] [.] ['] [if] [i] [am] [to] [be] [lazy] [all] [my] [days] [,] [let] [the] [sea] [work] [for] [me] [twice] [a] [day] [for] [ever] [.] that will save paddling [.] ['] 1 that 2 will 2 will 3 save 3 save 4 paddling and [the] [eldest] [magician] laughed and said , ['] [payah] kun ['] ( that is right ) [.] 1 and 6 and 1 and 8 , 5 laughed 6 and 6 and 7 said 8 , 11 kun 11 kun 15 is 13 ( 15 is 14 that 15 is 15 is 16 right 15 is 17 ) [kun] [?] ['] [said] [the] [fisherman] [of] [the] [moon] [.] ['] [payah] [kun] [,] ['] [said] [the] [eldest] [magician] [.] but be careful not to do it [too] [hard] , [or] [i] [shall] [make] [a] [magic] on you [as] [i] [did] [to] [pau] [amma] [.] ['] 1 but 6 do 1 but 10 , 2 be 3 careful 3 careful 5 to 4 not 5 to 5 to 6 do 6 do 7 it 10 , 17 on 17 on 18 you then they all went up [the] [perak] [river] and went to [bed] , [best] [beloved] [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 9 and 3 all 4 went 4 went 5 up 4 went 9 and 9 and 10 went 10 went 11 to 11 to 13 , now listen and attend [!] 1 now 2 listen 2 listen 3 and 3 and 4 attend from [that] [day] [to] [this] the [moon] [has] [always] [pulled] [the] sea [up] [and] [down] [and] [made] [what] [we] [call] [the] [tides] [.] 1 from 6 the 6 the 12 sea [and] [pau] [amma] [?] but [once] a year [all] [pau] [ammas] [must] shake off their hard armour and be [soft-to] [remind] [them] [of] [what] [the] [eldest] [magician] [could] [do] [.] 1 but 4 year 1 but 15 be 3 a 4 year 9 shake 14 and 10 off 13 armour 10 off 14 and 11 their 13 armour 12 hard 13 armour 14 and 15 be and [so] [it] [isn't] [fair] to kill or hunt [pau] [amma] ['s] [babies] [just] [because] [old] [pau] [amma] was [stupidly] rude a very long time ago [.] 1 and 6 to 1 and 19 was 6 to 8 or 7 kill 8 or 8 or 9 hunt 19 was 21 rude 21 rude 26 ago 22 a 23 very 23 very 24 long 24 long 25 time 25 time 26 ago [oh] [yes] [!] and [pau] [amma] ['s] babies [hate] [being] [taken] [out] [of] [their] [little] [pusat] [taseks] [and] brought home in pickle-bottles [.] 1 and 5 babies 1 and 16 brought 16 brought 17 home 16 brought 18 in 17 home 18 in 18 in 19 pickle-bottles that is why they nip you with [their] [scissors] , and it serves you right [!] 1 that 2 is 2 is 3 why 3 why 4 they 3 why 5 nip 4 they 5 nip 5 nip 6 you 5 nip 7 with 7 with 10 , 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 it 12 it 13 serves 13 serves 14 you 14 you 15 right [china-going] [p] ['s] [and] [o's] [pass] [pau] [amma] ['s] [playground] [close] [,] [and] [his] [pusat] [tasek] [lies] [near] [the] [track] [of] [most] [b.i] [.] ['s] [.] [u.y.k] [.] [and] [n.d.l] [.] [know] [pau] [amma] ['s] [home] [as] [well] [as] [the] [fisher] [of] [the] [sea] [knows] ['] [bens] [,] ['] [m.m] [.] ['s] [,] [and] [rubattinos] [.] but [(] [and] [this] is [rather] [queer] ) [a.t.l] [.] ['s] [can] [not] [come] [here] [;] [o] [and] [o] [and] [d.o.a] [.] must go [round] [another] [way] [.] 1 but 5 is 1 but 24 go 5 is 8 ) 23 must 24 go orient , [anchor] , [bibby] , [hall] , [never] go [that] [way] [at] [all] [.] 1 orient 2 , 2 , 4 , 4 , 6 , 6 , 8 , 8 , 10 go [u.c.s] [.] [would] [have] [a] [fit] [if] [it] [found] [itself] [on] [it] [.] you 'll know what [my] [riddle] [means] [when] [you] ['ve] [eaten] mangosteens [.] 1 you 2 'll 2 'll 3 know 3 know 4 what 4 what 12 mangosteens any steamer-kiddy ought to be able to [do] [that] [;] [but] if you [can't] [read] , [ask] [some] [one] [to] [show] it [you] [.] 1 any 2 steamer-kiddy 2 steamer-kiddy 3 ought 3 ought 4 to 4 to 5 be 5 be 6 able 6 able 7 to 7 to 16 , 12 if 13 you 13 you 16 , 16 , 22 it [the] [cat] [that] [walked] [by] [himself] but [the] [wildest] [of] all the wild animals was [the] [cat] [.] 1 but 5 all 1 but 9 was 5 all 6 the 5 all 8 animals 6 the 8 animals 7 wild 8 animals he walked [by] [himself] , and all places were alike to him [.] 1 he 5 , 2 walked 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 all 6 and 9 were 8 places 9 were 9 were 10 alike 10 alike 11 to 11 to 12 him of course [the] [man] [was] [wild] [too] [.] 1 of 2 course he was dreadfully wild [.] 1 he 2 was 2 was 3 dreadfully 2 was 4 wild then [the] [man] [went] [to] [sleep] [in] [front] [of] [the] [fire] [ever] [so] [happy] [;] [but] [the] [woman] [sat] [up] , combing [her] [hair] [.] 1 then 21 , 21 , 22 combing [she] [made] [the] [first] [singing] [magic] [in] [the] [world] [.] [cat] [,] [come] [with] [me] [.] ['] ['] [nenni] [!] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [.] ['] [i] [am] [the] [cat] [who] [walks] [by] [himself] [,] [and] [all] [places] [are] [alike] [to] [me] [.] i will not come [.] ['] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 not 2 will 4 come 3 not 4 come ['] [then] [we] [can] [never] [be] [friends] [again] [,] ['] [said] [wild] [dog] [,] [and] [he] [trotted] [off] [to] [the] [cave] [.] but [when] he had [gone] a little [way] [the] [cat] [said] to himself [,] ['] [all] [places] [are] alike to me [.] 1 but 3 he 1 but 19 alike 3 he 4 had 4 had 7 little 4 had 12 to 6 a 7 little 12 to 13 himself 19 alike 20 to 20 to 21 me why should [i] not [go] [too] [and] see [and] [look] [and] [come] [away] [at] [my] [own] [liking] [.] ['] 1 why 2 should 2 should 4 not 4 not 8 see so he slipped after [wild] [dog] [softly] , [very] softly , and hid himself where he could hear everything [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 12 and 2 he 12 and 3 slipped 4 after 3 slipped 12 and 4 after 8 , 10 softly 11 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 hid 12 and 14 himself 12 and 15 where 15 where 16 he 15 where 18 hear 16 he 17 could 17 could 18 hear 18 hear 19 everything [wild] [thing] [out] [of] [the] [wild] [woods] [,] [what] [do] [you] [want] [?] ['] ['] [ah] [!] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [,] [listening] [.] ['] [this] [is] [a] [very] [wise] [woman] [,] [but] [she] [is] [not] [so] [wise] [as] [i] [am] [.] ['] ['] [ah] [!] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [,] [listening] [.] ['] [that] [is] [a] [very] [foolish] [dog] [.] ['] and he went back through [the] [wet] [wild] [woods] [waving] his wild tail [,] [and] walking by his wild [lone] [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 back 4 back 5 through 4 back 13 tail 4 back 17 by 4 back 19 wild 11 his 13 tail 12 wild 13 tail 13 tail 16 walking 13 tail 17 by 17 by 18 his but he never told anybody [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 4 told 2 he 4 told 3 never 4 told 4 told 5 anybody when [the] [man] [waked] [up] he said , ['] [what] [is] [wild] [dog] [doing] [here] [?] ['] 1 when 8 , 6 he 7 said 7 said 8 , take him with you when you go hunting [.] ['] 1 take 2 him 1 take 3 with 1 take 5 when 3 with 4 you 5 when 6 you 5 when 7 go 6 you 7 go 7 go 8 hunting [she] [made] [the] [second] [singing] [magic] [in] [the] [world] [.] [cat] [,] [come] [with] [me] [.] ['] ['] [nenni] [!] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [.] ['] [i] [am] [the] [cat] [who] [walks] [by] [himself] [,] [and] [all] [places] [are] [alike] [to] [me] [.] i will not come [.] ['] 1 i 2 will 2 will 3 not 2 will 4 come 3 not 4 come but all the same he followed [wild] [horse] [softly] [,] [very] softly , and hid himself where he could hear everything [.] 1 but 2 all 1 but 5 he 2 all 3 the 2 all 4 same 3 the 4 same 5 he 14 and 6 followed 14 and 12 softly 13 , 13 , 14 and 14 and 15 hid 14 and 16 himself 14 and 17 where 17 where 18 he 17 where 20 hear 18 he 19 could 19 could 20 hear 20 hear 21 everything when [the] [woman] [heard] [wild] [horse] [tripping] [and] [stumbling] on his long mane , she laughed and said , ['] [here] [comes] [the] [second] [.] 1 when 15 she 10 on 13 mane 10 on 14 , 10 on 15 she 11 his 13 mane 12 long 13 mane 15 she 17 and 16 laughed 17 and 17 and 18 said 18 said 19 , [wild] [thing] [out] [of] [the] [wild] [woods] [what] [do] [you] [want] [?] ['] [wild] [horse] [said] [,] ['] [o] [my] [enemy] [and] [wife] [of] [my] [enemy] [,] [where] [is] [wild] [dog] [?] ['] and [wild] [horse] , [tripping] and stumbling on his long mane [,] said , ['] [that] [is] [true] [;] give [it] me to eat [.] ['] 1 and 6 and 1 and 13 said 4 , 6 and 6 and 7 stumbling 7 stumbling 8 on 8 on 11 mane 9 his 11 mane 10 long 11 mane 13 said 14 , 14 , 20 give 20 give 22 me 20 give 23 to 23 to 24 eat ['] [ah] [,] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [,] [listening] [,] ['] [that] [is] [a] [very] [foolish] [horse] [.] ['] and he went back through [the] [wet] [wild] [woods] , [waving] his wild tail [and] walking by his wild [lone] [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 back 4 back 5 through 4 back 14 tail 4 back 17 by 4 back 19 wild 5 through 10 , 12 his 14 tail 13 wild 14 tail 14 tail 16 walking 14 tail 17 by 17 by 18 his but he never told anybody [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 4 told 2 he 4 told 3 never 4 told 4 told 5 anybody when [the] [man] [and] [the] [dog] [came] [back] [from] [hunting] , [the] [man] said , ['] [what] is [wild] [horse] [doing] [here] [?] ['] 1 when 11 , 11 , 15 , 14 said 15 , 15 , 18 is ride on his back when you go hunting [.] 1 ride 2 on 2 on 4 back 3 his 4 back 4 back 5 when 4 back 8 hunting 5 when 6 you 5 when 7 go 6 you 7 go but he never told anybody [.] 1 but 2 he 1 but 4 told 2 he 4 told 3 never 4 told 4 told 5 anybody [cat] [said] [,] ['] [o] [my] [enemy] [and] [wife] [of] [my] [enemy] [,] [where] [did] [wild] [cow] [go] [?] ['] cat said [,] ['] [i] [am] [not] [a] [friend] [,] [and] [i] [am] [not] a servant [.] 1 cat 2 said 2 said 16 servant 15 a 16 servant i [am] [the] [cat] [who] [walks] [by] [himself] [,] [and] [i] wish to come into your cave [.] ['] 1 i 12 wish 12 wish 13 to 13 to 14 come 14 come 15 into 15 into 17 cave 16 your 17 cave woman said , ['] [then] why did [you] not come [with] [first] [friend] [on] [the] [first] [night] ? ['] 1 woman 2 said 2 said 3 , 2 said 6 why 2 said 10 come 2 said 18 ? 6 why 7 did 7 did 9 not 7 did 10 come 9 not 10 come cat grew very angry and said , ['] [has] [wild] [dog] [told] [tales] [of] [me] [?] ['] 1 cat 5 and 2 grew 4 angry 2 grew 5 and 3 very 4 angry 5 and 6 said 6 said 7 , then [the] [woman] laughed and said , ['] [you] [are] [the] [cat] who walks by [himself] , and all places are alike to you [.] 1 then 5 and 4 laughed 5 and 5 and 6 said 6 said 7 , 7 , 13 who 7 , 18 and 13 who 14 walks 15 by 17 , 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 all 18 and 21 are 20 places 21 are 21 are 22 alike 22 alike 23 to 23 to 24 you your [are] [neither] [a] [friend] [nor] [a] servant [.] 1 your 8 servant you have said it yourself [.] 1 you 2 have 2 have 3 said 3 said 4 it 3 said 5 yourself go away and walk by yourself in all places alike [.] ['] 1 go 2 away 1 go 3 and 3 and 4 walk 4 walk 5 by 4 walk 6 yourself 4 walk 7 in 4 walk 10 alike 7 in 9 places 8 all 9 places then [cat] pretended to be sorry and said , ['] [must] [i] [never] [come] [into] [the] [cave] [?] 1 then 9 , 3 pretended 4 to 4 to 7 and 5 be 6 sorry 5 be 7 and 7 and 8 said 8 said 9 , [must] [i] [never] [sit] [by] [the] [warm] [fire] [?] [must] [i] [never] [drink] [the] [warm] [white] [milk] [?] you are very wise and very beautiful [.] 1 you 2 are 2 are 5 and 3 very 4 wise 4 wise 5 and 5 and 7 beautiful 6 very 7 beautiful you should not be cruel [even] to a [cat] [.] ['] 1 you 2 should 2 should 3 not 2 should 4 be 4 be 5 cruel 5 cruel 7 to 7 to 8 a woman said [,] ['] [i] [knew] [i] [was] [wise] [,] [but] [i] [did] [not] [know] [i] [was] [beautiful] [.] 1 woman 2 said so [i] will [make] [a] [bargain] [with] you [.] 1 so 3 will 3 will 8 you if [ever] [i] [say] [one] [word] [in] [your] [praise] you may come [into] [the] [cave] [.] ['] 1 if 10 you 10 you 11 may 11 may 12 come ['] [and] [if] [you] [say] [two] [words] [in] [my] [praise] [?] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [.] ['] [and] [if] [you] [say] [three] [words] [?] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [.] and he went away through [the] [wet] [wild] [woods] [waving] [his] wild [tail] [and] [walking] [by] [his] [wild] [lone] [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 3 went 2 he 3 went 3 went 4 away 3 went 5 through 3 went 12 wild one [evening] [bat] [said] [,] ['] [there] is [a] [baby] in the [cave] [.] 1 one 8 is 8 is 11 in 11 in 12 the he is new and pink and fat and small , and [the] [woman] is very fond of him [.] ['] 1 he 10 , 2 is 4 and 2 is 10 , 3 new 4 and 4 and 6 and 5 pink 6 and 6 and 8 and 7 fat 8 and 8 and 9 small 10 , 11 and 11 and 14 is 14 is 16 fond 15 very 16 fond 16 fond 17 of 17 of 18 him ['] [ah] [,] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [,] [listening] [,] ['] [but] [what] [is] [the] [baby] [fond] [of] [?] ['] ['] [he] [is] [fond] [of] [things] [that] [are] [soft] [and] [tickle] [,] ['] [said] [the] [bat] [.] ['] [he] [is] [fond] [of] [warm] [things] [to] [hold] [in] [his] [arms] [when] [he] [goes] [to] [sleep] [.] he is fond of being played [with] [.] 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 fond 3 fond 4 of 4 of 5 being 5 being 6 played he is fond of all those things [.] ['] 1 he 2 is 2 is 3 fond 3 fond 4 of 4 of 5 all 5 all 6 those 5 all 7 things 6 those 7 things ['] [ah] [,] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [,] [listening] [,] ['] [then] [my] [time] [has] [come] [.] ['] the [woman] [was] [busy] cooking that [morning] [,] and [the] [baby] cried and interrupted [.] 1 the 5 cooking 5 cooking 13 and 6 that 13 and 9 and 13 and 12 cried 13 and 13 and 14 interrupted so she [carried] [him] [outside] [the] [cave] [and] gave [him] a handful of pebbles to play with [.] 1 so 2 she 2 she 9 gave 9 gave 12 handful 11 a 12 handful 12 handful 13 of 13 of 14 pebbles 14 pebbles 17 with 15 to 16 play 16 play 17 with [but] [still] [the] [baby] [cried] [.] [and] [the] [baby] [laughed] [;] [and] [the] [woman] [heard] [him] [and] [smiled] [.] but [still] [i] [am] the [cat] [who] walks [by] [himself] , and all places are alike to me [.] ['] 1 but 8 walks 1 but 11 , 5 the 8 walks 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 all 12 and 15 are 14 places 15 are 15 are 16 alike 16 alike 17 to 17 to 18 me the [woman] [was] [very] angry [,] and [shut] [her] [lips] tight and took up her spinning-wheel and began to spin [.] 1 the 5 angry 5 angry 7 and 7 and 11 tight 7 and 12 and 11 tight 12 and 12 and 17 and 13 took 14 up 13 took 16 spinning-wheel 13 took 17 and 15 her 16 spinning-wheel 17 and 18 began 18 began 19 to 19 to 20 spin ['] [now] [,] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [,] ['] [i] [will] [sing] [the] [baby] [a] [song] [that] [shall] [keep] [him] [asleep] [for] [an] [hour] [.] and he began to purr , loud and low , low and loud , till [the] [baby] [fell] [fast] [asleep] [.] 1 and 2 he 1 and 14 , 2 he 3 began 3 began 4 to 4 to 5 purr 5 purr 8 and 6 , 8 and 7 loud 8 and 8 and 12 and 9 low 10 , 10 , 11 low 10 , 12 and 12 and 13 loud 14 , 15 till the [woman] [smiled] [as] [she] [looked] [down] [upon] [the] [two] of [them] [and] [said] , ['] [that] [was] [wonderfully] [done] [.] 1 the 11 of 11 of 15 , no [question] [but] you are very clever [,] [o] [cat] [.] ['] 1 no 4 you 4 you 5 are 5 are 7 clever 6 very 7 clever but [still] [i] [am] the [cat] [who] walks [by] [himself] , and all places are alike to me [.] ['] 1 but 8 walks 1 but 11 , 5 the 8 walks 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 all 12 and 15 are 14 places 15 are 15 are 16 alike 16 alike 17 to 17 to 18 me ['] [ouh] [!] [chee] [!] ['] [ah] [,] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [,] [watching] [,] ['] [then] [the] [mouse] [will] [do] [me] [no] [harm] [if] [i] [eat] [it] [?] ['] cat made one jump and caught the little mouse [,] [and] [the] [woman] [said] [,] ['] [a] [hundred] [thanks] [.] 1 cat 5 and 2 made 4 jump 2 made 5 and 3 one 4 jump 5 and 6 caught 5 and 9 mouse 7 the 9 mouse 8 little 9 mouse even [the] [first] [friend] [is] [not] [quick] [enough] to [catch] [little] [mice] [as] you have done [.] 1 even 9 to 9 to 14 you 14 you 15 have 15 have 16 done you must be very wise [.] ['] 1 you 2 must 2 must 3 be 3 be 5 wise 4 very 5 wise but [still] [i] [am] the [cat] [who] walks [by] [himself] , and all places are alike to me [.] ['] 1 but 8 walks 1 but 11 , 5 the 8 walks 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 all 12 and 15 are 14 places 15 are 15 are 16 alike 16 alike 17 to 17 to 18 me ['] [what] [is] [that] [to] [me] [?] ['] [said] [the] [cat] [.] then [the] [man] said , ['] [yes] , [but] [he] [has] [not] [made] a bargain [with] [me] [or] [with] [all] [proper] [men] [after] [me] [.] ['] 1 then 5 , 1 then 8 , 4 said 5 , 8 , 15 bargain 14 a 15 bargain ['] [not] [when] [i] [am] [near] [,] ['] [said] [the] [man] [.] and so shall [all] [proper] [men] do [after] [me] [!] ['] 1 and 2 so 1 and 7 do 2 so 3 shall then [the] [dog] said , ['] [wait] [a] [minute] [.] 1 then 4 said 4 said 5 , he has [not] [made] [a] [bargain] [with] [me] [or] [with] [all] [proper] [dogs] [after] [me] [.] ['] 1 he 2 has and so shall [all] [proper] [dogs] do [after] [me] [.] ['] 1 and 2 so 1 and 7 do 2 so 3 shall but [still] [i] [am] the [cat] [that] walks [by] [himself] , and all places are alike to me [.] ['] 1 but 8 walks 1 but 11 , 5 the 8 walks 11 , 12 and 12 and 13 all 12 and 15 are 14 places 15 are 15 are 16 alike 16 alike 17 to 17 to 18 me ['] [not] [when] [i] [am] [near] [,] ['] [said] [the] [dog] [.] and so shall [all] [proper] [dogs] do [after] [me] [.] ['] 1 and 2 so 1 and 7 do 2 so 3 shall [but] [the] [cat] [keeps] [his] [side] [of] [the] [bargain] [too] [.] but [binkie] [will] [play] whatever [i] choose , [and] he is [my] [true] [first] [friend] [.] 1 but 5 whatever 1 but 11 is 7 choose 8 , 7 choose 10 he 10 he 11 is [the] [butterfly] [that] [stamped] there [are] [three] [hundred] [and] [fifty-five] [stories] [about] [suleiman-bin-daoud] [;] [but] [this] is [not] one of them [.] 1 there 13 is 13 is 15 one 15 one 16 of 16 of 17 them it is not the story of the [lapwing] [who] [found] [the] [water] [;] [or] [the] [hoopoe] [who] [shaded] [suleimanbin-daoud] [from] [the] heat [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 not 2 is 5 story 4 the 5 story 5 story 6 of 6 of 7 the 7 the 22 heat it is not the story of [the] [glass] [pavement] , [or] [the] [ruby] [with] [the] [crooked] [hole] [,] [or] [the] [gold] [bars] of [balkis] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 not 2 is 5 story 4 the 5 story 5 story 6 of 6 of 10 , 10 , 23 of it is the story of the [butterfly] [that] [stamped] [.] 1 it 2 is 2 is 4 story 3 the 4 story 4 story 5 of 5 of 6 the now attend all over again and listen [!] 1 now 2 attend 2 attend 4 over 2 attend 5 again 2 attend 6 and 3 all 4 over 6 and 7 listen [suleiman-bin-daoud] [was] [wise] [.] he [understood] [what] [the] [beasts] said , what the birds said , what the fishes said , and what the insects said [.] 1 he 6 said 6 said 7 , 7 , 18 and 8 what 10 birds 9 the 10 birds 10 birds 11 said 10 birds 13 what 11 said 12 , 12 , 13 what 13 what 15 fishes 13 what 16 said 13 what 17 , 14 the 15 fishes 15 fishes 16 said 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 what 19 what 21 insects 20 the 21 insects 21 insects 22 said [suleiman-bin-daoud] [was] [strong] [.] upon the third finger of the right hand he wore a ring [.] 1 upon 4 finger 1 upon 9 he 2 the 4 finger 3 third 4 finger 4 finger 5 of 5 of 8 hand 6 the 8 hand 7 right 8 hand 9 he 10 wore 10 wore 12 ring 11 a 12 ring when he turned it once , [afrits] and [djinns] [came] [out] [of] the [earth] to do [whatever] he told them [.] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 turned 1 when 6 , 1 when 18 he 2 he 3 turned 3 turned 4 it 3 turned 5 once 6 , 8 and 8 and 16 do 13 the 15 to 15 to 16 do 18 he 19 told 19 told 20 them and [yet] [suleiman-bin-daoud] was [not] proud [.] 1 and 4 was 4 was 6 proud he [very] [seldom] [showed] [off] [,] [and] [when] [he] [did] [he] was sorry for it [.] 1 he 12 was 12 was 13 sorry 13 sorry 14 for 14 for 15 it [suleiman-bin-daoud] [was] [very] [surprised] [and] [said] [,] ['] [o] [animal] [,] [who] [are] [you] [?] ['] and [the] [animal] said , ['] [o] [king] [,] [live] [for] [ever] [!] 1 and 4 said 4 said 5 , i am the smallest of [thirty] [thousand] [brothers] , and our home is at the bottom of the sea [.] 1 i 2 am 2 am 4 smallest 3 the 4 smallest 4 smallest 5 of 5 of 9 , 9 , 10 and 10 and 12 home 10 and 13 is 11 our 12 home 12 home 13 is 13 is 14 at 14 at 16 bottom 15 the 16 bottom 16 bottom 17 of 17 of 19 sea 18 the 19 sea and [the] [animal] said , ['] [o] [king] [,] [live] for [ever] , but do you really call that a dinner [?] 1 and 4 said 4 said 5 , 5 , 11 for 11 for 13 , 13 , 14 but 14 but 15 do 14 but 18 call 15 do 16 you 15 do 18 call 17 really 18 call 18 call 19 that 18 call 21 dinner 20 a 21 dinner [where] [i] [come] [from] [we] [each] [eat] [twice] [as] [much] [as] [that] [between] [meals] [.] ['] then [suleiman-bin-daoud] [fell] [flat] [on] his face [and] [said] , ['] [o] [animal] [!] 1 then 6 his 6 his 7 face 7 face 10 , now [i] [am] [ashamed] , and it serves me right [.] 1 now 5 , 5 , 6 and 6 and 8 serves 7 it 8 serves 8 serves 9 me 8 serves 10 right [suleiman-bin-daoud] [was] [a] [really] [truly] [wise] [man] [,] [best] [beloved] [.] after that he never forgot that it was [silly] [to] [show] [off] [;] [and] [now] the [real] [story] part of my story [begins] [.] 1 after 2 that 1 after 3 he 3 he 5 forgot 4 never 5 forgot 5 forgot 6 that 6 that 7 it 6 that 8 was 7 it 8 was 8 was 19 part 16 the 19 part 19 part 20 of 20 of 22 story 21 my 22 story he married ever so many wifes [.] 1 he 2 married 2 married 3 ever 2 married 6 wifes 4 so 5 many 5 many 6 wifes [but] [balkis] [the] [most] [beautiful] [never] [quarrelled] [with] [suleiman-bin-daoud] [.] she loved him too much [.] 1 she 2 loved 2 loved 3 him 2 loved 5 much 4 too 5 much she sat [in] [her] rooms [in] [the] [golden] [palace] , or walked in the [palace] garden , and was truly sorry for him [.] 1 she 11 or 2 sat 11 or 5 rooms 10 , 10 , 11 or 11 or 18 and 12 walked 13 in 12 walked 18 and 13 in 16 garden 14 the 16 garden 17 , 18 and 18 and 19 was 19 was 21 sorry 20 truly 21 sorry 21 sorry 22 for 22 for 23 him and [balkis] [the] [most] [beautiful] said , ['] [o] [my] [lord] [and] [treasure] [of] [my] [soul] , what will you do [?] ['] 1 and 6 said 6 said 7 , 7 , 21 do 17 , 18 what 18 what 19 will 19 will 20 you 19 will 21 do [presently] [two] [butterflies] [flew] [under] [the] [tree] [,] [quarrelling] [.] [suleiman-bin-daoud] [heard] [one] [say] [to] [the] [other] [,] ['] [i] [wonder] [at] [your] [presumption] [in] [talking] [like] [this] [to] [me] [.] then [suleiman-bin-daoud] [forgot] [his] [nine] [hundred] [and] [ninety-nine] [bothersome] [wives] , and [laughed] [,] [till] the camphor-tree [shook] , at the [butterfly] ['s] boast [.] 1 then 11 , 1 then 19 , 11 , 12 and 12 and 17 camphor-tree 16 the 17 camphor-tree 19 , 24 boast 20 at 21 the 21 the 24 boast and he held out his finger and said , ['] [little] [man] [,] come here [.] ['] 1 and 2 he 1 and 7 and 2 he 7 and 3 held 4 out 3 held 6 finger 3 held 7 and 5 his 6 finger 7 and 8 said 8 said 9 , 9 , 14 come 14 come 15 here the [butterfly] [was] dreadfully [frightened] , but he managed to fly [up] to the hand [of] [suleiman-bin-daoud] , and [clung] [there] , fanning himself [.] 1 the 4 dreadfully 4 dreadfully 6 , 6 , 19 and 7 but 8 he 7 but 18 , 8 he 9 managed 9 managed 10 to 9 managed 13 to 10 to 11 fly 13 to 15 hand 14 the 15 hand 18 , 19 and 19 and 23 fanning 22 , 23 fanning 23 fanning 24 himself [suleiman-bin-daoud] [bent] [his] [head] [and] [whispered] [very] [softly] [,] ['] [little] [man] [,] [you] [know] [that] [all] [your] [stamping] [wouldn't] [bend] [one] [blade] [of] [grass] [.] what made you tell that awful fib to your wife [?] [for] [doubtless] [she] [is] [your] [wife] [.] ['] 1 what 2 made 2 made 3 you 2 made 4 tell 4 tell 7 fib 4 tell 8 to 5 that 7 fib 6 awful 7 fib 7 fib 8 to 8 to 10 wife 9 your 10 wife she is my wife [;] [and] [you] [know] [what] [wives] [are] [like] [.] 1 she 2 is 2 is 4 wife 3 my 4 wife [suleiman-bin-daoud] [smiled] [in] [his] [beard] [and] [said] [,] ['] [yes] [,] [i] [know] [,] [little] [brother] [.] ['] [one] [must] [keep] [them] [in] [order] [somehow] [,] [said] [the] [butterfly] [,] [and] [she] [has] [been] [quarrelling] [with] [me] [all] [the] [morning] [.] i said that to quiet her [.] ['] 1 i 2 said 2 said 3 that 2 said 4 to 4 to 5 quiet 5 quiet 6 her and [suleiman-bin-daoud] said , ['] [may] [it] [quiet] [her] [.] 1 and 3 said 3 said 4 , go back to your wife , little brother , and let me hear what you say [.] ['] 1 go 2 back 1 go 10 and 2 back 3 to 3 to 5 wife 4 your 5 wife 5 wife 8 brother 6 , 8 brother 7 little 8 brother 8 brother 9 , 10 and 11 let 11 let 12 me 11 let 13 hear 13 hear 14 what 14 what 15 you 14 what 16 say 15 you 16 say [suleiman-bin-daoud] [himself] [heard] [you] [!] ['] ['] [heard] [me] [!] ['] [said] [the] [butterfly] [.] ['] [of] [course] [he] [did] [.] i meant him to hear me [.] ['] 1 i 2 meant 2 meant 3 him 2 meant 4 to 4 to 5 hear 5 hear 6 me ['] [and] [what] [did] [he] [say] [?] oh , [what] [did] [he] [say] [?] ['] 1 oh 2 , balkis [the] [most] [beautiful] [stood] up [behind] [the] [tree] [among] [the] [red] [lilies] [and] [smiled] [to] [herself] [,] [for] [she] [had] [heard] [all] [this] [talk] [.] 1 balkis 6 up up flew [the] [butterfly] ['s] [wife] , very frightened , and clung to [balkis] ['s] [white] hand [.] 1 up 11 and 2 flew 11 and 7 , 9 frightened 7 , 10 , 8 very 9 frightened 10 , 11 and 11 and 12 clung 11 and 13 to 13 to 17 hand balkis bent her beautiful head down and whispered [,] ['] [little] [woman] [,] [do] [you] [believe] [what] [your] [husband] [has] [just] [said] [?] ['] 1 balkis 7 and 2 bent 5 head 2 bent 6 down 2 bent 7 and 3 her 5 head 4 beautiful 5 head 7 and 8 whispered you know what men-folk are like [.] ['] 1 you 2 know 2 know 3 what 3 what 4 men-folk 3 what 6 like 4 men-folk 5 are 5 are 6 like they never mean half [they] [say] [.] 1 they 3 mean 2 never 3 mean 3 mean 4 half he 'll forget all about it [to-morrow] [.] ['] 1 he 2 'll 2 'll 3 forget 3 forget 4 all 4 all 5 about 5 about 6 it ask him to stamp , and see what will happen [.] 1 ask 2 him 1 ask 3 to 1 ask 6 and 3 to 6 and 4 stamp 6 and 5 , 6 and 6 and 7 see 7 see 8 what 8 what 9 will 9 will 10 happen we know what men-folk are like , [don't] [we] [?] 1 we 2 know 2 know 3 what 3 what 4 men-folk 4 men-folk 5 are 5 are 6 like 6 like 7 , he 'll be very much ashamed [.] ['] 1 he 2 'll 2 'll 3 be 3 be 5 much 3 be 6 ashamed 4 very 5 much [away] [flew] [the] [butterfly] ['s] [wife] [to] [her] [husband] [,] [and] [in] [five] [minutes] [they] [were] [quarrelling] [worse] [than] [ever] [.] ['] [remember] [!] ['] [said] [the] [butterfly] [.] ['] [remember] [what] [i] [can] [do] [if] [i] [stamp] [my] [foot] [.] ['] ['] [i] [don't] [believe] [you] [one] [little] [bit] [,] ['] [said] [the] [butterfly] ['s] [wife] [.] ['] [i] [should] [very] [much] [like] [to] [see] [it] [done] [.] suppose you stamp now [.] ['] 1 suppose 2 you 1 suppose 3 stamp 2 you 3 stamp 3 stamp 4 now ['] [i] [promised] [suleiman-bin-daoud] [that] [i] [wouldn't] [,] ['] [said] [the] [butterfly] [,] ['] [and] [i] [don't] [want] [to] [break] [my] [promise] [.] ['] ['] [it] [wouldn't] [matter] [if] [you] [did] [,] ['] [said] [his] [wife] [.] ['] [you] [couldn't] [bend] [a] [blade] [of] [grass] [with] [your] [stamping] [.] i dare you to do it , ['] she said [.] 1 i 2 dare 2 dare 3 you 2 dare 4 to 2 dare 7 , 4 to 5 do 5 do 6 it 7 , 10 said 9 she 10 said [stamp] [!] [stamp] [!] [stamp] [!] ['] [suleiman-bin-daoud] [,] [sitting] [under] [the] [camphor-tree] [,] [heard] [every] [word] [of] [this] [,] [and] [he] [laughed] [as] [he] [had] [never] [laughed] [in] [his] [life] [before] [.] he forgot all about his [queens] [;] [he] [forgot] [all] about [the] [animal] [that] [came] [out] [of] [the] [sea] [;] [he] [forgot] [about] [showing] [off] [.] 1 he 2 forgot 2 forgot 3 all 2 forgot 11 about 3 all 4 about 4 about 5 his she wants to see what will happen , [o] [suleiman-bin-daoud] [!] 1 she 2 wants 2 wants 3 to 2 wants 8 , 3 to 4 see 4 see 5 what 5 what 6 will 6 will 7 happen you [know] [i] can't do it , and [now] [she] ['ll] [never] [believe] [a] [word] [i] [say] [.] 1 you 7 , 4 can't 5 do 4 can't 7 , 5 do 6 it 7 , 8 and she 'll laugh at me to the end of my days [!] ['] 1 she 2 'll 2 'll 3 laugh 3 laugh 4 at 3 laugh 6 to 4 at 5 me 6 to 8 end 7 the 8 end 8 end 9 of 9 of 11 days 10 my 11 days when he stamps again you will bring them back carefully [.] ['] 1 when 2 he 1 when 3 stamps 1 when 5 you 2 he 3 stamps 3 stamps 4 again 5 you 6 will 6 will 7 bring 7 bring 8 them 7 bring 9 back 7 bring 10 carefully ['] [now] [,] [little] [brother] [,] ['] [he] [said] [,] ['] [go] [back] [to] [your] [wife] [and] [stamp] [all] [you] ['ve] [a] [mind] [to] [.] ['] [away] [flew] [the] [butterfly] [to] [his] [wife] [,] [who] [was] [crying] [,] ['] [i] [dare] [you] [to] [do] [it] [!] i dare you to do it ! 1 i 2 dare 2 dare 3 you 2 dare 4 to 2 dare 7 ! 4 to 5 do 5 do 6 it [stamp] [!] stamp now [!] 1 stamp 2 now [stamp] [!] ['] the [the] butterfly stamped [.] 1 the 3 butterfly 3 butterfly 4 stamped the [butterfly] ['s] [wife] [fluttered] [about] [in] [the] dark , crying , ['] [oh] [,] [i] ['ll] [be] [good] [!] 1 the 11 crying 9 dark 10 , 9 dark 11 crying 11 crying 12 , i 'm so sorry [i] [spoke] [.] 1 i 2 'm 2 'm 3 so 2 'm 4 sorry only bring [the] [gardens] back [,] [my] [dear] [darling] [husband] [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [never] [contradict] [again] [.] ['] 1 only 2 bring 2 bring 5 back give me back [my] [palace] [,] [most] [great] [magician] [.] ['] 1 give 3 back 2 me 3 back ['] [yes] [,] [give] [him] [back] [his] [palace] [,] ['] [said] [the] [butterfly] ['s] [wife] [,] [still] [flying] [about] [in] [the] [dark] [like] [a] [moth] [.] ['] [give] [him] [back] [his] [palace] [,] [and] [don't] [let's] [have] [any] [more] [horrid.magic] [.] ['] ['] [well] [,] [my] [dear] [,] ['] [said] [the] [butterfly] [as] [bravely] [as] [he] [could] [,] ['] [you] [see] [what] [your] [nagging] [has] [led] [to] [.] so he stamped [once] [more] , and [that] instant [the] [djinns] [let] [down] [the] [palace] and the gardens , [without] even a bump [.] 1 so 2 he 1 so 6 , 2 he 3 stamped 6 , 7 and 7 and 16 and 7 and 21 even 9 instant 16 and 16 and 18 gardens 16 and 19 , 16 and 21 even 17 the 18 gardens 21 even 23 bump 22 a 23 bump i 'll be good [!] ['] 1 i 2 'll 2 'll 3 be 3 be 4 good [suleiman-bin-daolld] [could] [hardly] [speak] [for] [laughing] [.] they stood on [the] marble steps one hundred abreast and shouted [,] ['] [what] [is] [our] [trouble] [?] 1 they 10 and 2 stood 3 on 2 stood 9 abreast 2 stood 10 and 3 on 6 steps 5 marble 6 steps 6 steps 8 hundred 7 one 8 hundred 10 and 11 shouted [no] [!] [suleiman-bin-daoud] [must] [be] [dead] [,] [and] [what] [we] [heard] [and] [saw] [was] [the] [earth] [thundering] [and] [darkening] [at] [the] [news] [.] ['] then [balkis] [beckoned] [that] [bold] [queen] [without] [looking] [at] [her] , and said [to] [her] and to [the] [others] , ['] [come] and see [.] ['] 1 then 11 , 11 , 23 and 12 and 13 said 13 said 23 and 16 and 17 to 17 to 20 , 20 , 23 and 23 and 24 see go in peace , little folk [!] ['] 1 go 2 in 2 in 4 , 3 peace 4 , 4 , 6 folk 5 little 6 folk and he kissed them on the wings , and they flew away [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 9 and 3 kissed 4 them 3 kissed 5 on 3 kissed 9 and 6 the 7 wings 7 wings 8 , 8 , 9 and 9 and 11 flew 10 they 11 flew 11 flew 12 away for [i] [have] [been] jesting [with] [a] [butterfly] [ever] [since] [i] [came] [into] [the] [garden] [.] ['] 1 for 5 jesting and he told [balkis] what he had done [.] 1 and 2 he 2 he 3 told 3 told 5 what 5 what 6 he 5 what 8 done 6 he 7 had and she told him what [the] [queens] had said and seen and thought [.] 1 and 2 she 1 and 12 and 2 she 12 and 3 told 4 him 3 told 5 what 3 told 12 and 5 what 8 had 8 had 10 and 9 said 10 and 10 and 11 seen 12 and 13 thought tell me , therefore , [o] my [lady] [and] [heart] [of] [my] [heart] , how did you come to be so wise [?] ['] 1 tell 2 me 1 tell 4 therefore 3 , 4 therefore 4 therefore 5 , 5 , 7 my 5 , 14 , 14 , 15 how 15 how 16 did 16 did 17 you 16 did 18 come 18 come 19 to 19 to 20 be 20 be 22 wise 21 so 22 wise then they went up [to] [the] [palace] and lived happily ever afterwards [.] 1 then 2 they 2 they 8 and 3 went 4 up 3 went 8 and 8 and 9 lived 8 and 10 happily 8 and 11 ever 8 and 12 afterwards but [wasn't] it [clever] [of] [balkis] [?] 1 but 3 it end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [just] [so] [stories] , [by] [rudyard] [kipling] 1 end 2 of 2 of 11 , 3 the 7 of 7 of 11 ,