 鲜花( 20)  鸡蛋( 0)
|

楼主 |
发表于 2009-7-27 22:25
|
显示全部楼层
'Wery well,' replied Bob, 'here goes it!' and off he hurried to his3 g( L3 ]0 k6 ^$ A, {0 p
case, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
! Z# |9 ~- u6 B) Wperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
% I$ E1 @9 T# F0 n0 Eeyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as; R" a0 V# n" _: l6 s L
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but/ }- }" k! N y# }& K. c
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of
7 x0 n; F+ J- [, u) B5 rfight, in a small way.
6 A9 R7 {! W+ ?" J& |1 @" J" w: k; V: K: o; V7 n2 l
The exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in, X4 X& V; ]- e/ j5 S3 s% u. @
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the0 h z! k3 e3 w( D; F
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
" P. R) n2 u' ^8 g1 z7 G. Yalways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter6 y8 G, d1 c/ w
deficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
$ B" p6 n2 Z$ `$ s% isuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old
2 }) g8 r! i3 J& {% _- M: Ytimes -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
- D2 H+ @1 S R8 K, t4 bhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it
. S$ b$ g; Y* T( O Sheretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than0 Y# i) ^) J) }: m) s6 @
the x to which he had been accustomed.( L6 { p2 H7 [0 h' e$ v
6 ]6 M& Z; l; r; N/ I
'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read
7 R& x. |6 a! X3 n% |it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy! G' a$ c! p% Y* _% U* ~! |
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
5 M* ?3 d6 J5 \! ?9 p, ~2 qit went x-ed.
( c" V) v( V1 ]" Q, {0 F0 v. h( ^2 w
Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
+ R' b2 q3 b+ Rreading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader:- H6 @( s6 I% q7 O
# P8 r& Y+ L {, i! G'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther
) b* Z6 U: L- Z% k7 ?time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're2 f8 `% U8 m I, c% v7 T/ a# |3 h
xut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
6 ?3 N+ N2 b1 W) x' N$ y6 n1 r. cwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?" [* R* h% E& o; K% F& D7 C" r
Xh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at3 v* _* `' u, X! z; K: m
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,+ a# @( T5 ^0 A# \
Jxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a
7 T3 b: V7 }% R! L* J, ^fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld8 M6 R3 @$ ^/ }# l9 [
gxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a
$ |5 R- g' {" X$ H3 x" |0 J9 D1 I/ jCxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur
+ ]& X) _ ^% [8 i+ Y% H5 F* scrxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,
' F4 x0 x6 v+ f. x3 Xnxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld
0 ~8 S: m5 x( b- H' f# \: ^yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
q1 w- l: C) R/ v+ W4 ~sx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
|