And vile zey do dot,
my moder ce get up, and ce come avay in ze dark, and Jeem and Fred come
mit her, and I come mit her, and long vay ce sit down on ze stone by ze
big house; and Jeem bees cold dare, and he cry; and Fred bees cold, and
he cry. I bees not cold, I not cry, my moder ce hold me tight; but all
ze time ce cry.
"Zen long time ze man vot live in ze big house open ze door, and he say
some vords to my moder, and my moder ce tell him dot my fader have got
ze bad men mit him in ze house; and he tell my moder dot ce come in; and
Jeem and Fred zey go up ze step, and ze man he lif me, and my moder ce
come up ze step; and ven ce come in, ze man see ze blood, vare my fader
have strike her, and he go tell ze lady dot ce come, and ze lady vash my
moder's head, and ce give her ze medicine vot ce drink. Zen ce lay her
on ze bed, and I lay on ze bed mit her; and Jeem and Fred zey go in von
leetle bed to ze fire.
"In ze morning my moder come home, and my fader sleep dare on ze floor,
and vile he sleep, he make big noise mit hees nose; and Jeem and Fred
laugh, cause my fader make big noise mit hees nose, but my moder ce cry.
"Long time Jeem bees hungry and he cry, Fred bees hungry and he cry, but
my moder say ce have not ze meat and ce have not ze bread. Zen long time
my fader vake, and ven he see my moder dare, he say dot he vill be good,
dot he vill not drink ze vine and ze beer any more; and he kiss my moder,
and he say dot he love her, and dot he vill get ze fire, and he vill
get ze bread, but he have not ze money.
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