 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 his
" f0 b V# n. u6 o/ n1 w7 Rcase, muttering as he went: 'Considdeble vell, them ere expressions,
9 ~* D( j$ H, Y1 h# E8 b uperticcler for a man as doesn't swar. So I's to gouge out all their
2 _( Q$ s/ |- deyes, eh? and d-n all their gizzards! Vell! this here's the chap as+ U4 M$ W" X/ P, C+ k6 I: H
is just able for to do it.' The fact is that although Bob was but+ M# N" Y. {# S' s2 ^1 X
twelve years old and four feet high, he was equal to any amount of+ ^+ x$ Z$ M! D) n8 Z
fight, in a small way.
. A/ A) j5 w1 |' [
8 `* X# o, |9 l8 O2 L9 P4 j$ m" mThe exigency here described is by no means of rare occurrence in E' ^, o( g" @+ M5 C/ A
printing-offices; and I cannot tell how to account for it, but the, A: l' d$ ?2 v: _# j5 s2 z1 y
fact is indisputable, that when the exigency does occur, it almost
2 H$ P/ w5 Q( G# c! calways happens that x is adopted as a substitute for the letter
; i# {& T1 @: s/ Pdeficient. The true reason, perhaps, is that x is rather the most
+ x+ {. `% W& D9 e" P& Asuperabundant letter in the cases, or at least was so in the old& Y L9 G% Y7 Z8 H1 j' v
times -- long enough to render the substitution in question an
@5 \" A5 z( X, l3 L' S' d& C% Bhabitual thing with printers. As for Bob, he would have considered it2 m/ ^5 ?0 ^& m! T: k, [8 c S
heretical to employ any other character, in a case of this kind, than' d: \/ b& s F
the x to which he had been accustomed.
5 H, k U/ Q, N, y# Q. H, B! P A3 v; ~: } D5 b) v) N
'I shell have to x this ere paragrab,' said he to himself, as he read8 [( { l7 ?8 |2 F
it over in astonishment, 'but it's jest about the awfulest o-wy; I' D) w! u+ o6 S" Y, T
paragrab I ever did see': so x it he did, unflinchingly, and to press
8 Q9 M9 C( @9 @; ~$ T& pit went x-ed.
* x: }; e1 j) ?2 s$ h0 [+ @$ Z* M0 U9 R& [" X8 z. Y
Next morning the population of Nopolis were taken all aback by
6 F# K0 \7 l: ~6 k/ [reading in 'The Tea-Pot,' the following extraordinary leader: L% y( \! z G* g7 P# |9 \
. Q+ J" y' z; s1 v& S0 M% _
'Sx hx, Jxhn! hxw nxw? Txld yxu sx, yxu knxw. Dxn't crxw, anxther! m+ @# L6 }: N- ~3 f' R5 `
time, befxre yxu're xut xf the wxxds! Dxes yxur mxther knxw yxu're
/ s' a m* T% |* c% Cxut? Xh, nx, nx! -- sx gx hxme at xnce, nxw, Jxhn, tx yxur xdixus xld
- H5 ^! ]" S) D; P, L! ]* P/ iwxxds xf Cxncxrd! Gx hxme tx yxur wxxds, xld xwl, -- gx! Yxu wxn't?
% K/ v9 J1 I0 Q, OXh, pxh, pxh, Jxhn, dxn't dx sx! Yxu've gxt tx gx, yxu knxw, sx gx at4 Q* x* Y T8 J5 Y1 j% {. P- M- M
xnce, and dxn't gx slxw; fxr nxbxdy xwns yxu here, yxu knxw. Xh,
9 I& \5 U& F8 n* v5 I0 i: kJxhn, Jxhn, Jxhn, if yxu dxn't gx yxu're nx hxmx -- nx! Yxu're xnly a n+ m9 [' m0 V) }7 G& \2 E% ]
fxwl, an xwl; a cxw, a sxw; a dxll, a pxll; a pxxr xld
; x/ w) [7 u+ `. ~/ Ygxxd-fxr-nxthing-tx-nxbxdy, lxg, dxg, hxg, xr frxg, cxme xut xf a6 q4 ] a5 x2 B$ B; w7 R* J' e
Cxncxrd bxg. Cxxl, nxw -- cxxl! Dx be cxxl, yxu fxxl! Nxne xf yxur" s+ }7 f* W) t) t+ T
crxwing, xld cxck! Dxn't frxwn sx -- dxn't! Dxn't hxllx, nxr hxwl,- V7 n% ~" Q; S- B) |# M
nxr grxwl, nxr bxw-wxw-wxw! Gxxd Lxrd, Jxhn, hxw yxu dx lxxk! Txld0 S b/ x( L1 y! D0 m% I
yxu sx, yxu knxw, -- but stxp rxlling yxur gxxse xf an xld pxll abxut
: H' J) Z9 w; asx, and gx and drxwn yxur sxrrxws in a bxwl!' |
|