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The first thing that he found was a Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake curled round a rock.




Scuse me, said the Elephants Child most politely, but have you seen such a thing as a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts?

 

Have I seen a Crocodile (// )? said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake ( ---), in a voice of dretful scorn ( // - ). What will you ask me next ( )?

Scuse me ( //), said the Elephants Child ( ), but could you kindly tell me what he has for dinner ( , )?

Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake uncoiled himself very quickly from the rock ( --- ), and spanked the Elephants Child with his scalesome, flailsome tail ( ; flail , ).

 

scorn [skLn], kindly ['kaIndlI], flail [fleIl]

 

Have I seen a Crocodile? said the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, in a voice of dretful scorn. What will you ask me next?

Scuse me, said the Elephants Child, but could you kindly tell me what he has for dinner?

Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake uncoiled himself very quickly from the rock, and spanked the Elephants Child with his scalesome, flailsome tail.

 

That is odd ( ), said the Elephants Child ( ), because my father and my mother ( , ), and my uncle and my aunt ( , ), not to mention my other aunt ( ), the Hippopotamus (), and my other uncle, the Baboon ( ), have all spanked me for my satiable curtiosity ( ) and I suppose this is the same thing ( , = ).

So he said good-bye very politely to the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake ( ---), and helped to coil him up on the rock again ( ), and went on ( ), a little warm ( ), but not at all astonished ( ), eating melons, and throwing the rind about (/ / ), because he could not pick it up ( ), till he trod on ( // ; to tread , ) what he thought was a log of wood ( ) at the very edge of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees ( - , ).

 

father ['fRDq], mother ['mADq], rind [raInd]

 

That is odd, said the Elephants Child, because my father and my mother, and my uncle and my aunt, not to mention my other aunt, the Hippopotamus, and my other uncle, the Baboon, have all spanked me for my satiable curtiosity and I suppose this is the same thing.

So he said good-bye very politely to the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, and helped to coil him up on the rock again, and went on, a little warm, but not at all astonished, eating melons, and throwing the rind about, because he could not pick it up, till he trod on what he thought was a log of wood at the very edge of the great grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever-trees.

 

But it was really the Crocodile ( ), O Best Beloved ( ), and the Crocodile winked one eye like this ( )!

Scuse me ( //), said the Elephants Child most politely ( ), but do you happen to have seen a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts ( // )?

Then the Crocodile winked the other eye ( ), and lifted half his tail out of the mud ( ); and the Elephants Child stepped back most politely ( ), because he did not wish to be spanked again ( , ).

Come hither, Little One ( , ), said the Crocodile ( ). Why do you ask such things ( = )?

 

happen ['hxp(q)n], half [hRf], hither ['hIDq]

 

But it was really the Crocodile, O Best Beloved, and the Crocodile winked one eye like this!

Scuse me, said the Elephants Child most politely, but do you happen to have seen a Crocodile in these promiscuous parts?

Then the Crocodile winked the other eye, and lifted half his tail out of the mud; and the Elephants Child stepped back most politely, because he did not wish to be spanked again.

Come hither, Little One, said the Crocodile. Why do you ask such things?

 

Scuse me (), said the Elephants Child most politely ( ), but my father has spanked me ( ), my mother has spanked me ( ), not to mention my tall aunt, the Ostrich ( ), and my tall uncle, the Giraffe ( ), who can kick ever so hard ( ), as well as my broad aunt, the Hippopotamus ( ), and my hairy uncle, the Baboon ( ), and including the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake ( ---), with the scalesome, flailsome tail ( ; scale ; flail ), just up the bank ( ), who spanks harder than any of them ( ); and so, if its quite all the same to you ( , ), I dont want to be spanked any more ( , ).

 

including [In'klHdIN], want [wOnt], more [mL]

 

Scuse me, said the Elephants Child most politely, but my father has spanked me, my mother has spanked me, not to mention my tall aunt, the Ostrich, and my tall uncle, the Giraffe, who can kick ever so hard, as well as my broad aunt, the Hippopotamus, and my hairy uncle, the Baboon, and including the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake, with the scalesome, flailsome tail, just up the bank, who spanks harder than any of them; and so, if its quite all the same to you, I dont want to be spanked any more.

 

Come hither, Little One ( , ), said the Crocodile ( ), for I am the Crocodile ( // ), and he wept crocodile-tears ( ; to weep , ) to show it was quite true ( , ).

Then the Elephants Child grew all breathless ( : ), and panted ( ; to pant , ; , / /, ), and kneeled down on the bank and said ( ), You are the very person ( ) I have been looking for all these long days ( ). Will you please tell me what you have for dinner (, , )?

Come hither, Little One ( , ), said the Crocodile ( ), and Ill whisper ( / /).

 

grew [grH], breathless ['breTlIs], whisper ['wIspq]

 

Come hither, Little One, said the Crocodile, for I am the Crocodile, and he wept crocodile-tears to show it was quite true.

Then the Elephants Child grew all breathless, and panted, and kneeled down on the bank and said, You are the very person I have been looking for all these long days. Will you please tell me what you have for dinner?

Come hither, Little One, said the Crocodile, and Ill whisper.

 

Then the Elephants Child put his head down close to the Crocodiles musky, tusky mouth ( - ; musky ; tusk , ), and the Crocodile caught him by his little nose ( // ; to catch , , ), which up to that very week, day, hour, and minute, had been no bigger than a boot ( , , ), though much more useful ( ).

I think, said the Crocodile ( , ) and he said it between his teeth ( ), like this ( ) I think to-day I will begin with Elephants Child ( , // )!

At this, O Best Beloved ( , ), the Elephants Child was much annoyed ( ), and he said ( ), speaking through his nose ( ), like this ( ), Led go (; Led go = let go / )! You are hurtig be ( [63]; to hurt , )!

 

musky ['mAskI], useful ['jHsful], caught [kLt]

 

Then the Elephants Child put his head down close to the Crocodiles musky, tusky mouth, and the Crocodile caught him by his little nose, which up to that very week, day, hour, and minute, had been no bigger than a boot, though much more useful.

I think, said the Crocodile and he said it between his teeth, like this I think to-day I will begin with Elephants Child!

At this, O Best Beloved, the Elephants Child was much annoyed, and he said, speaking through his nose, like this, Led go! You are hurtig be!

 

Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake scuffled down from the bank and said ( --- ; to scuffle , ), My young friend ( ), if you do not now, immediately and instantly, pull as hard as ever you can ( , , ), it is my opinion ( ) that your acquaintance in the large-pattern leather ulster ( ; ulster /. /) (and by this he meant the Crocodile ( )) will jerk you into yonder limpid stream ( ; to jerk , ) before you can say Jack Robinson ( ; before you can say Jack Robinson , ; ).

This is the way Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakes always talk ( ---).

 

opinion [q'pInjqn], acquaintance [q'kweIntqns], leather ['leDq]

 

Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake scuffled down from the bank and said, My young friend, if you do not now, immediately and instantly, pull as hard as ever you can, it is my opinion that your acquaintance in the large-pattern leather ulster (and by this he meant the Crocodile) will jerk you into yonder limpid stream before you can say Jack Robinson.





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