"I was dere a year, dere und at dere oder islands--somedimes for monkeys
and somedimes for butterflies und orchits.
and somedimes for butterflies und orchits.
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Dey said he was an escaped
convict, but he was a naturalist, und dot was enough for me. He would
call all her life beasts from der forests, und dey would come. I said
he was St. Francis of Assisi in a new dransmigration produced, und he
laughed und said he had never preach to der fishes. He sold dem for
trepang--beche-de-mer.
"Und dot man, who was king of beasts-tamer men, he had in der house
shush such anoder as dot devil-animal in der cage--a great orangoutang
dot thought he was a man. He haf found him when he was a child--der
orangoutang--und he was child and brother and opera comique all round to
Bertran. He had his room in dot house--not a cage, but a room--mit a bed
and sheets, and he would go to bed and get up in der morning and smoke
his cigar und eat his dinner mit Bertran, und walk mit him hand-in-hand,
which was most horrible. Herr Gott! I haf seen dot beast throw himself
back in his chair and laugh when Bertran haf made fun of me. He was
not a beast; he was a man, and he talked to Bertran, und Bertran
comprehended, for I have seen dem. Und he was always politeful to me
except when I talk too long to Bertran und say nodings at all to him.
Den he would pull me away--dis great, dark devil, mit his enormous paws
shush as if I was a child. He was not a beast, he was a man. Dis I saw
pefore I know him three months, und Bertran he haf saw the same; and
Bimi, der orangoutang, haf understood us both, mit his cigar between his
big-dog teeth und der blue gum.
"I was dere a year, dere und at dere oder islands--somedimes for monkeys
and somedimes for butterflies und orchits. One time Bertran says to me
dot he will be married, because he hass found a girl dot was goot, and
he inquire if this marrying idea was right. I would not say, pecause
it was not me dot was going to be married. Den he go off courting der
girl--she was a half-caste French girl--very pretty. Haf you got a new
light for my cigar? Oof! Very pretty. Only I say 'Haf you thought of
Bimi? If he pulls me away when I talk to you, what will he do to your
wife? He will pull her in pieces. If I was you, Bertran, I would gif my
wife for wedding present der stuff figure of Bimi. ' By dot time I bad
learned somedings about der monkey peoples. 'Shoot him? ' says Bertran.
'He is your beast,' I said; 'if he was mine he would be shot now. '
"Den I felt at der back of my neck der fingers of Bimi.
convict, but he was a naturalist, und dot was enough for me. He would
call all her life beasts from der forests, und dey would come. I said
he was St. Francis of Assisi in a new dransmigration produced, und he
laughed und said he had never preach to der fishes. He sold dem for
trepang--beche-de-mer.
"Und dot man, who was king of beasts-tamer men, he had in der house
shush such anoder as dot devil-animal in der cage--a great orangoutang
dot thought he was a man. He haf found him when he was a child--der
orangoutang--und he was child and brother and opera comique all round to
Bertran. He had his room in dot house--not a cage, but a room--mit a bed
and sheets, and he would go to bed and get up in der morning and smoke
his cigar und eat his dinner mit Bertran, und walk mit him hand-in-hand,
which was most horrible. Herr Gott! I haf seen dot beast throw himself
back in his chair and laugh when Bertran haf made fun of me. He was
not a beast; he was a man, and he talked to Bertran, und Bertran
comprehended, for I have seen dem. Und he was always politeful to me
except when I talk too long to Bertran und say nodings at all to him.
Den he would pull me away--dis great, dark devil, mit his enormous paws
shush as if I was a child. He was not a beast, he was a man. Dis I saw
pefore I know him three months, und Bertran he haf saw the same; and
Bimi, der orangoutang, haf understood us both, mit his cigar between his
big-dog teeth und der blue gum.
"I was dere a year, dere und at dere oder islands--somedimes for monkeys
and somedimes for butterflies und orchits. One time Bertran says to me
dot he will be married, because he hass found a girl dot was goot, and
he inquire if this marrying idea was right. I would not say, pecause
it was not me dot was going to be married. Den he go off courting der
girl--she was a half-caste French girl--very pretty. Haf you got a new
light for my cigar? Oof! Very pretty. Only I say 'Haf you thought of
Bimi? If he pulls me away when I talk to you, what will he do to your
wife? He will pull her in pieces. If I was you, Bertran, I would gif my
wife for wedding present der stuff figure of Bimi. ' By dot time I bad
learned somedings about der monkey peoples. 'Shoot him? ' says Bertran.
'He is your beast,' I said; 'if he was mine he would be shot now. '
"Den I felt at der back of my neck der fingers of Bimi.
