LITTLE-CARIBOU MAKES "BIG TALK"
To e readbrokenly in ahigh-pitchedvoice with atouch of queru-lousness andpetulance, andan occasionalnote ofdrollery.
Boo-zhóo! Boo-zhóo!Me, Ah-deek-koons, I mak-um big talk.Me, ol' man; I'm got-um sick on kneeIn rainy wedder w'en I'm walk. Ugh!Me, lak moose w'at's ol',I'm drop-um plenty toot'!Yet Tam big man! Ho!An' I am talk-um big! Ho!
(Hi-yee! Blow lak moose, ol' man! Ho! Ho!
Hi-yi! Little-Caribou him talk Lak O-mah-kah-kée, dose Bullfrog: Big mout', big belly, No can fight!)
Ugh! Close mout', young crazy buck! You stop-um council-talk, You go 'way council! Sit wit' squaw! You lak little poh-tóong, Lak pollywog tad-pole: No can jump-um Over little piece mud;
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