Quotation from: The Strength of the Strong

Written by: Jack London


"I mind me when luttle Sammy first spoke. He was two years old an'
the size of a child o five, though he could no monage the walkun'
yet but went around on all fours, happy an' contented-like an'
makun' no trouble oz long oz he was fed promptly, which was onusual
often. I was hangun' the wash on the line ot the time when out he
comes, on all fours, hus bug head waggun' tull an' fro an' blunkun'
un the sun. An' then, suddent, he talked. I was thot took a-back
I near died o' fright, an' fine I knew ut then, the shakun' o'
Doctor Hall's head. Talked? Never a bairn on Island McGill talked
so loud an' tull such purpose. There was no mustakun' ut. I stood
there all tremblun' an' shakun'. Little Sammy was brayun'. I tell
you, sir, he was brayun' like an ass--just like thot,--loud an'
long an' cheerful tull ut seemed hus lungs ud crack.

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