ve kill him.
"Ven I bees done, ven my moder have make me, von lady ce come dare and
ce tell my moder, Vot ce make? and my moder tell her dot ce make me mit
ze brush, and ce vill sell me, and ce vill get ze money, and ce vill
come in ze America. Zen von oder day ze lady come dare, and ce give my
moder much ze money, and ce take ze pic-sure avay mit her; and ven ce
have go mit it, my moder ce cry and ce cry.
"Von day my granfader come dare mit ze carriage, and Jeem he go in ze
carriage, and Fred he go in, and my moder ce come in mit ze baby. My
granfader bring me, and he come in, and ze carriage come vay down to
ze--I not know vot you call it, but it bees von big house on ze vater."
"A ship, Jakey."
"Yes, ze ship, mit ze trees vay high, and on ze trees, Fred say, long
tings go vay out like ze sheet; and ze vinds blow in zem, and ze ship ce
go and ce go. My moder ce come in ze ship mit ze baby in von arm, and my
granfader bring me, and Jeem and Fred bees dare; and my granfader say
zey vill go, dot ze ship not come avay mit zem. Zen my moder ce kiss
Jeem and ce kiss Fred, von time and von time, and ce cry and ce cry; and
ce tell zem dot zey vill be good, and ven ce get ze money, ce vill send
it, and zey vill come in ze America mit her. Jeem say dot ven he bees a
man, he vill come in ze America; and Fred say dot he vill come in ze
America ven he bees not a man,--ven he get ze money he come, and he vill
get it.
"My moder ce kiss zem much times, and ce cry too hard dot ce leave zem.
And ce tell my granfader dot he vill not give my fader ze beer? and my
granfader say, No, he not give him, but he vill get it; and my granfader
cry ven be say dot. And my moder tell him dot ven my fader have not ze
money, he vill keep him in ze house mit him? and my granfader say dot he
vill, and he vill keep Jeem and he vill keep Fred mit him, and he vill
make zem go in ze school. Zen my moder tank my granfader much times, and
ce kiss him, and ce kiss Jeem, and ce kiss Fred; and zey kiss me, and
zey kiss ze baby, and zey kiss my moder; and zey cry and zey go avay,
and my moder ce scream and ce cry. Zen my granfader leave Jeem and Fred,
and he come back, and he tell my moder dot ce not cry; much vords he
tell her. Zen he go avay, and ze vinds blow, and ze ship ce go and ce go.
"Long time ze ship go, much days and much nights. And von time ze vinds
blow too hard, and ze ship go von vay and von vay, and ze vaters come
vay high, and ze vin
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