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-Oncet me anjnme;dee7ar Muwer wented Jhoppin'I I.taked.ficenU an an' a button what 1 broked
out o' mine china pig bank to buy Puppo a birfday present wif a magniferous birf day presentmaybe a
collar wif a bell to it, an' -an' maybe a birfday cake.wif candles on it! ah' an' a 'ittle, sugar doggie on the
topside o' it, or mayWjsomejpin else. We went to a splendiferous place to lunch, and I had a Charlotte rooster
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An I taked the box honM? wif ma cause I. wanted to keep mine pet fly in it after I catched him an I
was too tired to catch him whenTgotted home 'cause mine dee-ar Muyver an' me we had goed to so many 'nar
mouses' stores but we gottedjtte Charlotte .rooster at a n'orful nice place, wher ther was cakes. an' pretty
ladies an' ice cream ah' sand'ichei an' 'ittle gii-ls an' boys all eatin' 'em an' lots o goodies.
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'An I lied down on the sofer when I gotted home, wif Puppo, an', suddently I- heard somebuddy say,
wCock-aoodle-doo." An ther' it was mine Charlotte rooster growed to a real live bird an he was goin'
roun' the sittin' room peckin' at the flowers in the carpet ah an' suddently the sittih' room changed to a
to a gr-r-eat big palace an' ther' was a lot o', chickmga all dressed up an ridin in carriages-r-an' a big fat
.white hen sittin' on a throne wif a magniferous golden crown on her head an' ther'f she had takened mine Char
lotte rooster box for a throne. . What-che-know-'bout-'at!
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'An I wanted to fix mine hair an' the Charlotte rooster lended me his comb, an an en fore 1 knowed
what 'long corned a parade o' china bank.pigs an' 'ey was rollin' ther' eyes toward me an' sayin, "Kill him I
Kill himl He's a robber!" An I sed, "I ain't not a robber, an' you is you is a whole lot o' story-tellers you
big ugly pigs!" 'JEn 'ey corned rushin' over after me, but I I I well I jus' taked mine dagger an' an'
I stabbed 'em ever' one tU 'ey was all busted up to pieces an' all the moneys corned out o' 'em. Ha! Hal
Such a lotah' the chickies 0, didn't I tell you the duckies was all goned 'way on'y me ah' the money
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r-An'-I-was puttin-some o' thetwenty cents e'-dollars in-to-mine' pockets -'en' suddently -I heard some pin
say, "Buzz-buzz-buzz."; vAn' ther' corned a lot 0' big black flies an, 'ey was.crawlin' 'longther' orful quick,
an' 'ey was a horribliferous sight; 'cause 'ey had er 'ey had daggers an' swords an' an bombs an' ever'
fing an' some-o' em had pants on an' an hats. "-, , - , ,e tvfright. 1911, byThe North AmcriB Comply)
: iAh 'ey corned; Inwli an sayin', "Wher' i 'a't Kaptm
hash out o' him for our.aupper' An I sed."Here I is," I sed, an.I taked mine dagger an' I would of killed
-T erer' one oem bwt-1-w'ell-tjusl-,en I felled orf the sofer-4f 'a-bang,-anmine dee-ar" Sluvvcr" an" Puppo
corned runnin. in anM sed, "Wher's mine Charlotte rooster box?" An, niine. dee-ar. Muwer sed, "It'a all
Bquashded op, but I'll buy you anuwer one, O you kiddo!" , 4
. P. S.i-But I dont fink I'll keep 'at pet fly I hasn't catched him vet.,' .