Quotation from: The People of the Abyss

Written by: Jack London

"I call it a 'oliday, 'oppin'," he concluded rapturously. "A tidy way o'
gettin' two or three pounds together an' fixin' up for winter. The only
thing I don't like"--and here was the rift within the lute--"is paddin'
the 'oof down there."

It was plain the years were telling on this energetic pair, and while
they enjoyed the quick work with the fingers, "paddin' the 'oof," which
is walking, was beginning to bear heavily upon them. And I looked at
their grey hairs, and ahead into the future ten years, and wondered how
it would be with them.