ELSIE MINGUS @3lisps@1, she does! She lives wite acrosst from us In Miz. Ayers'uz house 'at she Rents part to the Mingusuz. -- Yes, an' Elsie plays wiv me. Elsie lisps so, she can't say Her own name, ist @3anyway!@1 -- She say "@3Elthy"@1 -- like they wuz Feathers on her words, an' they Ist stick on her tongue like fuzz. @3My!@1 she's @3purty@1, though! -- An' when She @3lisps@1, w'y, she's purty @3nen!@1 When she telled me, wunst, her doll Wuz so "thweet," an' I p'ten' @3I@1 lisp too, -- she laugh' -- 'at's all! -- @3She@1 don't never git mad none -- 'Cause she know I'm ist in fun. -- Elsie she ain't one bit sp'iled. -- Of all childerns -- ever' one -- She's the @3ladylikest@1 child! -- My Ma @3say@1 she is! One time Elsie start to say the rhyme "Thing a thong o' thixpenth" -- @3Whee!@1 I ist @3yell!@1 An' Ma say I'm Unpolite as I can be! Wunst I went wiv Ma to call On Elsie's Ma, an' eat an' all; An' nen Elsie, when we've et, An' we're playin' in the hall, Elsie say: It's etikett Fer young gentlemens, like me, Eatin' when they's @3company,@1 Not to never ever crowd Down their food, ner "thip their tea Ner thup thoop so awful loud!" |