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I wuz sort of sot back fer a minnit, coz 'I sed to myself  I don't spose this durned critter can talk English; but seein' as how I'm in here, I might as well find out. I WAS SORT O SOT BACK FOR A MINUTE CAUSE I SAID TO MYSELF I DON'T S'POSE THIS DURNED CRITTER KIN TALK ENGLISH BUT SEEIN AS HOW I'M IN HERE I MIGHT AS WELL FIND OUT
ritter with his head and tail on the same end. You see I sed to a feller, now whar abouts in New York do you folks git your washin' done; when I left hum to come down here I lowed I had enuff with me to do me, but I've stayed here a little longer than I calculated to, and if I don't git some washin' done purty soon, I'll have to go and jump in the river. Wall he wuz a bligin sort of a feller, and he told me thar wuz a place round the corner whar a feller done all the washin', so I went round, and there was a sine on the winder what sed Hop Quick, or Hop Soon, or jump up and hop, or some other kind of a durned hop; and then thar wuz a lot of figers on the winder that I couldn't make head nor tail on; it jist looked to me like a chicken with mud on its feet had walked over that winder. Wall I went in to see bout gittin' my washin' done, and gosh all spruce gum, thar was one of them pig tailed heathen Chineeze, he jist looked fer all the world like a picter on Aunt Nancy Smith's tea cups. TIME I'D EVER SEEN A CRITTER WITH HIS HEAD AND TAIL ON THE SAME END YOU SEE I SAID TO A FELLER NOW WHEREABOUTS IN NEW YORK DO YOU FOLKS GET YOUR WASHING DONE WHEN I LEFT HOME TO COME DOWN HERE I LOWED I HAD ENOUGH WITH ME TO DO ME BUT I'VE STAYED HERE A LITTLE LONGER THAN I CALCULATED TO AND IF I DON'T GET SOME WASHIN DONE PURTY SOON I'LL HAVE TO GO AND JUMP IN THE RIVER WELL HE WAS OBLIGIN SORT OF FELLER AND HE TOLD ME THERE WAS A PLACE ROUND THE CORNER WHERE A FELLER DONE ALL THE WASHIN SO I WENT ROUND AND THERE WAS A SIGN ON THE WINDER THAT SAID HOP QUICK OR HOP SOONER JUMP UP AND HOP OR SOME OTHER KIND OF DURNED HOP AND THEN THERE WAS A LOT OF FIGURES ON THE WINDER THAT I COULDN'T MAKE HEAD NOR TAIL OF IT JUST LOOKED TO ME LIKE A CHICKEN WITH MUD ON ITS FEET HAD WALKED OVER THAT WINDER WELL I WENT IN TO SEE ABOUT GETTIN MY WASHIN DONE AND GOSH ALL SPRUCE GUM THERE WAS ONE OF THEM PIGTAILED HEATHEN CHINESE HE JES LOOKED FOR ALL THE WORLD LIKE A PICTURE ON AIN'T INSEY SMITH'S TEACUPS
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