produced by [david] [widger] 1 produced 2 by [twice] [told] [tales] [little] [annie's] [ramble] [by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] [ding-dong] [!] ding-dong ! 1 ding-dong 2 ! ding-dong ! 1 ding-dong 2 ! let me listen too . 1 let 2 me 2 me 3 listen 3 listen 4 too 4 too 5 . perhaps little [annie] would like to go . 1 perhaps 2 little 1 perhaps 8 . 4 would 5 like 5 like 6 to 6 to 7 go 7 go 8 . little [annie] shall take a ramble with me . 1 little 6 ramble 3 shall 4 take 4 take 5 a 5 a 6 ramble 6 ramble 9 . 7 with 8 me 8 me 9 . see ! 1 see 2 ! smooth back your brown curls , [annie] ; and let me tie on your bonnet , and we will set forth ! 1 smooth 10 let 1 smooth 15 bonnet 2 back 3 your 2 back 4 brown 4 brown 5 curls 5 curls 6 , 5 curls 8 ; 8 ; 9 and 9 and 10 let 10 let 11 me 11 me 12 tie 13 on 14 your 13 on 15 bonnet 15 bonnet 17 and 15 bonnet 21 forth 16 , 17 and 18 we 19 will 19 will 20 set 19 will 21 forth 21 forth 22 ! what a strange couple to go on their rambles together ! 1 what 5 to 2 a 3 strange 3 strange 4 couple 4 couple 5 to 5 to 6 go 6 go 7 on 7 on 8 their 8 their 10 together 9 rambles 10 together 10 together 11 ! yet there is sympathy between us . 1 yet 2 there 2 there 3 is 3 is 4 sympathy 4 sympathy 5 between 4 sympathy 6 us 6 us 7 . now we turn the corner . 1 now 2 we 2 we 3 turn 3 turn 4 the 4 the 5 corner 5 corner 6 . hitherward , also , comes a man trundling a wheelbarrow along the pavement [.] 1 hitherward 7 man 1 hitherward 10 wheelbarrow 2 , 3 also 3 also 4 , 3 also 5 comes 5 comes 6 a 6 a 7 man 7 man 9 a 8 trundling 9 a 10 wheelbarrow 13 pavement 11 along 12 the 12 the 13 pavement is not little [annie] afraid of such a tumult ? 1 is 2 not 2 not 5 afraid 3 little 5 afraid 5 afraid 8 a 6 of 7 such 7 such 8 a 8 a 9 tumult 9 tumult 10 ? now her eyes brighten with pleasure ! 1 now 2 her 2 her 3 eyes 3 eyes 4 brighten 4 brighten 5 with 4 brighten 6 pleasure 6 pleasure 7 ! who heeds the poor organ-grinder ? 1 who 2 heeds 2 heeds 3 the 2 heeds 4 poor 4 poor 5 organ-grinder 5 organ-grinder 6 ? but where would [annie] find a partner ? 1 but 2 where 2 where 3 would 3 would 5 find 5 find 6 a 6 a 7 partner 7 partner 8 ? it is a sad thought that [i] have chanced upon . 1 it 2 is 2 is 3 a 3 a 4 sad 3 a 5 thought 5 thought 6 that 6 that 8 have 8 have 11 . 9 chanced 10 upon 10 upon 11 . what a company of dancers should we be ! 1 what 2 a 1 what 3 company 3 company 4 of 4 of 5 dancers 5 dancers 6 should 6 should 7 we 7 we 8 be 8 be 9 ! for [i] , too , am a gentleman of sober footsteps , and therefore , little [annie] , let us walk sedately on . 1 for 7 a 3 , 4 too 4 too 5 , 4 too 6 am 6 am 7 a 7 a 8 gentleman 8 gentleman 12 , 8 gentleman 20 us 9 of 10 sober 10 sober 11 footsteps 11 footsteps 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 therefore 14 therefore 15 , 16 little 18 , 18 , 19 let 19 let 20 us 20 us 21 walk 21 walk 22 sedately 22 sedately 24 . 23 on 24 . it [is] a question with me , whether this giddy child , or my sage self , have most pleasure in looking at the shop-windows . 1 it 3 a 3 a 4 question 4 question 12 , 5 with 6 me 6 me 7 , 7 , 8 whether 8 whether 9 this 9 this 10 giddy 10 giddy 11 child 11 child 12 , 12 , 13 or 13 or 15 sage 13 or 20 pleasure 14 my 15 sage 15 sage 17 , 16 self 17 , 17 , 19 most 18 have 19 most 20 pleasure 22 looking 21 in 22 looking 22 looking 26 . 23 at 24 the 24 the 25 shop-windows 25 shop-windows 26 . all that is bright and gay attracts us both . 1 all 2 that 2 that 3 is 3 is 4 bright 4 bright 6 gay 5 and 6 gay 6 gay 9 both 7 attracts 8 us 8 us 9 both 9 both 10 . here is a shop to which [the] recollections of my boyhood , as well as present partialities , give a peculiar magic . 1 here 2 is 2 is 10 my 3 a 4 shop 3 a 6 which 4 shop 5 to 6 which 9 of 8 recollections 9 of 9 of 10 my 10 my 16 present 11 boyhood 12 , 12 , 13 as 13 as 14 well 14 well 15 as 14 well 16 present 16 present 21 peculiar 17 partialities 18 , 17 partialities 19 give 19 give 20 a 19 give 21 peculiar 21 peculiar 23 . 22 magic 23 . here are pleasures , as some people would say [,] of a more exalted kind , in the window of a bookseller . 1 here 8 would 2 are 3 pleasures 3 pleasures 4 , 4 , 6 some 4 , 7 people 5 as 6 some 7 people 8 would 8 would 9 say 9 say 13 more 9 say 15 kind 11 of 12 a 11 of 13 more 14 exalted 15 kind 15 kind 16 , 16 , 17 in 17 in 18 the 17 in 22 bookseller 18 the 19 window 19 window 20 of 21 a 22 bookseller 22 bookseller 23 . is [annie] a literary lady ? 1 is 3 a 3 a 4 literary 4 literary 5 lady 5 lady 6 ? that would be very queer . 1 that 2 would 2 would 3 be 3 be 4 very 4 very 5 queer 5 queer 6 . o , my stars ! 1 o 2 , 2 , 3 my 3 my 4 stars 4 stars 5 ! is this a toy-shop , or is it fairy-land ? 1 is 2 this 2 this 3 a 3 a 4 toy-shop 4 toy-shop 5 , 4 toy-shop 9 fairy-land 5 , 6 or 7 is 8 it 8 it 9 fairy-land 9 fairy-land 10 ? betwixt the king and queen should sit my little [annie] , the prettiest fairy of them all . 1 betwixt 2 the 1 betwixt 7 sit 3 king 4 and 4 and 5 queen 5 queen 6 should 6 should 7 sit 7 sit 8 my 8 my 9 little 9 little 14 fairy 11 , 12 the 11 , 13 prettiest 12 the 13 prettiest 13 prettiest 14 fairy 14 fairy 18 . 15 of 16 them 16 them 17 all 17 all 18 . here stands a turbaned [turk] , threatening us with his sabre , like an ugly heathen as he is . 1 here 2 stands 2 stands 8 us 3 a 4 turbaned 3 a 8 us 4 turbaned 6 , 6 , 7 threatening 8 us 15 ugly 9 with 10 his 10 his 11 sabre 11 sabre 14 an 12 , 13 like 12 , 14 an 14 an 15 ugly 15 ugly 17 as 16 heathen 17 as 17 as 18 he 18 he 19 is 19 is 20 . and next a [chinese] mandarin , who nods his head at [annie] and myself . 1 and 2 next 1 and 7 who 2 next 3 a 3 a 5 mandarin 5 mandarin 6 , 7 who 8 nods 8 nods 10 head 8 nods 13 and 9 his 10 head 10 head 11 at 13 and 14 myself 14 myself 15 . but what cares [annie] for soldiers ? 1 but 2 what 2 what 3 cares 3 cares 5 for 5 for 6 soldiers 6 soldiers 7 ? this is the little girl 's true plaything . 1 this 2 is 2 is 3 the 3 the 4 little 4 little 5 girl 5 girl 6 's 6 's 7 true 7 true 8 plaything 8 plaything 9 . little [annie] does not understand what [i] am saying , but looks wishfully at the proud lady in the window . 1 little 3 does 3 does 5 understand 4 not 5 understand 5 understand 6 what 5 understand 8 am 5 understand 17 lady 8 am 9 saying 9 saying 12 looks 10 , 11 but 11 but 12 looks 12 looks 13 wishfully 14 at 15 the 15 the 16 proud 15 the 17 lady 17 lady 20 window 18 in 19 the 19 the 20 window 20 window 21 . we will invite her home with us as we return . 1 we 2 will 1 we 3 invite 2 will 3 invite 3 invite 5 home 3 invite 6 with 4 her 5 home 6 with 7 us 7 us 9 we 8 as 9 we 9 we 10 return 10 return 11 . meantime , good by , [dame] [doll] [!] 1 meantime 2 , 1 meantime 3 good 1 meantime 5 , 3 good 4 by come , little [annie] , we shall find toys enough , go where we may . 1 come 2 , 2 , 10 enough 3 little 5 , 5 , 6 we 6 we 7 shall 7 shall 8 find 8 find 9 toys 9 toys 10 enough 10 enough 11 , 11 , 12 go 12 go 13 where 13 where 14 we 14 we 16 . 15 may 16 . now we elbow our way among the throng again . 1 now 2 we 2 we 4 our 3 elbow 4 our 4 our 6 among 5 way 6 among 6 among 8 throng 7 the 8 throng 8 throng 10 . 9 again 10 . look up , [annie] , at that canary-bird , hanging out of the window in his cage . 1 look 2 up 1 look 11 out 2 up 3 , 2 up 5 , 6 at 7 that 7 that 8 canary-bird 8 canary-bird 10 hanging 9 , 10 hanging 10 hanging 11 out 11 out 12 of 12 of 13 the 12 of 14 window 14 window 17 cage 15 in 16 his 16 his 17 cage 17 cage 18 . poor little fellow ! 1 poor 2 little 2 little 3 fellow 3 fellow 4 ! what a pity that he does not know how miserable he is ! 1 what 4 that 2 a 3 pity 3 pity 4 that 4 that 5 he 5 he 8 know 6 does 7 not 7 not 8 know 8 know 10 miserable 9 how 10 miserable 10 miserable 11 he 11 he 12 is 12 is 13 ! there is a parrot , too , calling out , " [pretty] [poll] ! 1 there 2 is 2 is 3 a 2 is 4 parrot 4 parrot 5 , 4 parrot 6 too 5 , 6 too 6 too 7 , 7 , 8 calling 8 calling 10 , 8 calling 14 ! 9 out 10 , 10 , 11 " pretty [poll] ! " as we pass by . 1 pretty 3 ! 1 pretty 9 . 3 ! 4 " 5 as 6 we 6 we 7 pass 7 pass 8 by 8 by 9 . if she had said , " [pretty] [annie] , " there would have been some sense in it . 1 if 9 , 2 she 3 had 2 she 4 said 4 said 5 , 4 said 9 , 5 , 6 " 9 , 10 " 10 " 13 have 11 there 12 would 12 would 13 have 13 have 14 been 14 been 16 sense 15 some 16 sense 16 sense 19 . 17 in 18 it 18 it 19 . see that [gray] squirrel at the door of the fruit-shop , whirling round and round so merrily within his wire wheel ! 1 see 2 that 1 see 4 squirrel 4 squirrel 5 at 5 at 6 the 6 the 10 fruit-shop 7 door 8 of 7 door 10 fruit-shop 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 fruit-shop 10 fruit-shop 12 whirling 11 , 12 whirling 12 whirling 14 and 12 whirling 20 wire 13 round 14 and 14 and 15 round 16 so 17 merrily 17 merrily 18 within 18 within 19 his 19 his 20 wire 20 wire 21 wheel 21 wheel 22 ! being condemned to the treadmill , he makes it an amusement . 1 being 2 condemned 1 being 7 he 2 condemned 5 treadmill 3 to 4 the 4 the 5 treadmill 5 treadmill 6 , 7 he 8 makes 8 makes 9 it 9 it 10 an 10 an 12 . 11 amusement 12 . admirable philosophy ! 1 admirable 2 philosophy 2 philosophy 3 ! success to your search , [fidelity] ! 1 success 2 to 2 to 3 your 3 your 4 search 4 search 5 , 4 search 7 ! o sage puss , make room for me beside you , and we will be a pair of philosophers [!] 1 o 6 room 1 o 13 we 2 sage 3 puss 3 puss 4 , 3 puss 5 make 4 , 5 make 5 make 6 room 6 room 7 for 7 for 8 me 7 for 10 you 8 me 9 beside 11 , 12 and 11 , 13 we 13 we 14 will 14 will 15 be 15 be 16 a 15 be 17 pair 17 pair 18 of 18 of 19 philosophers here we see something to remind us of the town crier , and his ding-dong bell ! 1 here 5 to 2 we 4 something 3 see 4 something 4 something 5 to 5 to 9 the 6 remind 7 us 7 us 8 of 8 of 9 the 9 the 10 town 10 town 12 , 10 town 15 ding-dong 11 crier 12 , 12 , 13 and 13 and 14 his 15 ding-dong 17 ! 16 bell 17 ! but they are choosing neither a king nor a president ; else we [should] hear a most horrible snarling ! 1 but 2 they 1 but 3 are 3 are 4 choosing 3 are 5 neither 5 neither 15 hear 6 a 8 nor 6 a 9 a 7 king 8 nor 9 a 10 president 10 president 11 ; 11 ; 12 else 12 else 13 we 13 we 15 hear 15 hear 17 most 15 hear 18 horrible 16 a 17 most 18 horrible 19 snarling 19 snarling 20 ! annie returns the salute , much to the gratification of the elephant , who is certainly the best-bred monster in the caravan [.] 1 annie 7 to 2 returns 3 the 3 the 4 salute 4 salute 5 , 5 , 6 much 6 much 7 to 7 to 11 the 8 the 9 gratification 9 gratification 10 of 10 of 11 the 11 the 19 monster 12 elephant 13 , 13 , 14 who 14 who 16 certainly 15 is 16 certainly 16 certainly 19 monster 17 the 18 best-bred 17 the 19 monster 19 monster 22 caravan 20 in 21 the 20 in 22 caravan the lion and the lioness are busy with two beef-bones . 1 the 2 lion 2 lion 3 and 2 lion 7 busy 3 and 4 the 5 lioness 6 are 6 are 7 busy 7 busy 9 two 8 with 9 two 9 two 10 beef-bones 10 beef-bones 11 . are there any two living creatures who have so few sympathies that they cannot possibly be friends ? 1 are 6 creatures 1 are 10 few 2 there 3 any 3 any 4 two 3 any 6 creatures 4 two 5 living 4 two 6 creatures 7 who 8 have 8 have 9 so 9 so 10 few 10 few 15 possibly 11 sympathies 14 cannot 12 that 14 cannot 13 they 14 cannot 14 cannot 15 possibly 15 possibly 16 be 16 be 17 friends 17 friends 18 ? in fact , he is a bear of sentiment . 1 in 2 fact 2 fact 3 , 2 fact 4 he 3 , 4 he 4 he 7 bear 5 is 6 a 6 a 7 bear 7 bear 9 sentiment 8 of 9 sentiment 9 sentiment 10 . but , [o] , those unsentimental monkeys the ugly , grinning , aping , chattering , ill-natured , mischievous , and queer little brutes . 1 but 11 grinning 2 , 6 unsentimental 4 , 5 those 5 those 6 unsentimental 6 unsentimental 7 monkeys 7 monkeys 8 the 8 the 9 ugly 9 ugly 10 , 9 ugly 11 grinning 11 grinning 17 ill-natured 12 , 13 aping 13 aping 14 , 13 aping 15 chattering 15 chattering 16 , 15 chattering 17 ill-natured 17 ill-natured 21 and 18 , 19 mischievous 19 mischievous 20 , 20 , 21 and 21 and 22 queer 22 queer 25 . 23 little 24 brutes 24 brutes 25 . annie does not love the monkeys . 1 annie 2 does 2 does 3 not 3 not 4 love 4 love 5 the 5 the 6 monkeys 6 monkeys 7 . merrily [,] merrily plays the music , and merrily gallops the pony , and merrily rides the little old gentleman . 1 merrily 6 music 1 merrily 7 , 3 merrily 4 plays 4 plays 5 the 4 plays 6 music 6 music 7 , 7 , 14 and 8 and 9 merrily 9 merrily 10 gallops 10 gallops 11 the 10 gallops 12 pony 12 pony 13 , 12 pony 14 and 14 and 15 merrily 15 merrily 16 rides 15 merrily 19 old 16 rides 17 the 17 the 18 little 19 old 21 . 20 gentleman 21 . come , [annie] , into the street again ; perchance we may see monkeys on horseback there ! 1 come 2 , 1 come 7 street 4 , 5 into 5 into 6 the 6 the 7 street 7 street 8 again 8 again 9 ; 9 ; 10 perchance 10 perchance 14 monkeys 11 we 12 may 11 we 13 see 13 see 14 monkeys 14 monkeys 15 on 14 monkeys 16 horseback 16 horseback 17 there 17 there 18 ! mercy on us , what a noisy world we quiet people live in ! 1 mercy 6 a 2 on 3 us 3 us 5 what 4 , 5 what 5 what 6 a 6 a 8 world 7 noisy 8 world 8 world 9 we 9 we 10 quiet 10 quiet 11 people 10 quiet 14 ! 11 people 12 live 12 live 13 in did [annie] ever read the [cries] [of] [london] [city] ? 1 did 3 ever 3 ever 4 read 3 ever 10 ? 4 read 5 the with what lusty lungs doth yonder man proclaim that his wheelbarrow is full of lobsters ! 1 with 2 what 2 what 3 lusty 3 lusty 6 yonder 4 lungs 5 doth 4 lungs 6 yonder 6 yonder 7 man 6 yonder 8 proclaim 8 proclaim 9 that 8 proclaim 13 full 10 his 11 wheelbarrow 11 wheelbarrow 12 is 12 is 13 full 13 full 15 lobsters 14 of 15 lobsters 15 lobsters 16 ! what cares the world for that ? 1 what 2 cares 2 cares 3 the 3 the 4 world 4 world 5 for 5 for 6 that 6 that 7 ? annie sympathizes , though without experience of such direful woe . 1 annie 2 sympathizes 1 annie 3 , 3 , 4 though 4 though 5 without 4 though 6 experience 6 experience 7 of 7 of 10 woe 8 such 9 direful 9 direful 10 woe 10 woe 11 . lo [!] the town crier again , with some new secret for the public ear . 1 lo 6 again 1 lo 11 secret 3 the 4 town 4 town 5 crier 4 town 6 again 6 again 10 new 7 , 8 with 8 with 9 some 9 some 10 new 11 secret 13 the 11 secret 16 . 12 for 13 the 14 public 15 ear 14 public 16 . i guess the latter . 1 i 2 guess 2 guess 3 the 2 guess 4 latter 4 latter 5 . ding-dong ! 1 ding-dong 2 ! ding-dong ! 1 ding-dong 2 ! ding-dong ! 1 ding-dong 2 ! what saith the people 's orator ? 1 what 2 saith 2 saith 3 the 2 saith 6 orator 3 the 4 people 4 people 5 's 6 orator 7 ? whoever will bring her back to her afflicted mother " 1 whoever 2 will 2 will 3 bring 3 bring 4 her 4 her 5 back 5 back 6 to 6 to 7 her 7 her 8 afflicted 8 afflicted 9 mother 9 mother 10 " stop , stop , town crier ! 1 stop 2 , 1 stop 3 stop 3 stop 4 , 4 , 5 town 5 town 6 crier 6 crier 7 ! the lost is found . 1 the 2 lost 2 lost 5 . 3 is 4 found 4 found 5 . but [i] have gone too far astray for the town crier to call me back . 1 but 5 too 3 have 4 gone 4 gone 5 too 5 too 11 crier 6 far 7 astray 7 astray 8 for 8 for 9 the 9 the 10 town 9 the 11 crier 11 crier 12 to 12 to 13 call 13 call 16 . 14 me 15 back 15 back 16 . sweet has been the charm of childhood on my spirit , throughout my ramble with little [annie] ! 1 sweet 2 has 1 sweet 3 been 2 has 3 been 3 been 5 charm 4 the 5 charm 5 charm 7 childhood 6 of 7 childhood 7 childhood 8 on 8 on 9 my 9 my 10 spirit 10 spirit 11 , 10 spirit 18 ! 11 , 12 throughout 12 throughout 14 ramble 13 my 14 ramble 14 ramble 15 with 16 little 18 ! has it been merely this ? 1 has 2 it 2 it 3 been 3 been 4 merely 4 merely 5 this 5 this 6 ? not so ; not so [.] 1 not 2 so 1 not 5 so 3 ; 5 so 4 not 5 so they are not truly wise who would affirm it . 1 they 2 are 1 they 3 not 3 not 4 truly 3 not 5 wise 5 wise 6 who 6 who 7 would 7 would 8 affirm 8 affirm 9 it 8 affirm 10 . 9 it 10 . their influence on us is at least reciprocal with ours on them . 1 their 2 influence 2 influence 3 on 2 influence 7 least 3 on 4 us 4 us 5 is 6 at 7 least 7 least 8 reciprocal 8 reciprocal 9 with 8 reciprocal 10 ours 10 ours 11 on 10 ours 13 . 12 them 13 . all this by thy sweet magic , dear little [annie] ! 1 all 2 this 2 this 5 sweet 3 by 4 thy 4 thy 5 sweet 5 sweet 6 magic 6 magic 7 , 7 , 8 dear 8 dear 9 little 8 dear 11 ! end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [little] [annie] 's [ramble] ( from " twice [told] [tales] " ) , by [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 1 end 2 of 1 end 7 of 1 end 12 ( 2 of 3 the 10 's 12 ( 12 ( 15 twice 13 from 14 " 13 from 15 twice 15 twice 19 ) 18 " 19 ) 19 ) 20 , 20 , 21 by