Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 1)
- Date
- 1938
- Collector
- Locations
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“There was two youngsthers at wan time, a boy, an a girl.”
(continued from previous page)seems the fish was a sthrong wan, an' no matther how the little man, pulled an tugged at the line, he couldn't land him, an' it turned out that in the end the fish was gettin the upper hand on him, an' he was dhraggin him into the wather, is fasht is ever he could, when who comes to the rescue agin but the little girl, an' she had only jusht time ta whip out her scissors, an' cut the line, or the little man id be dhrawn into the lake.
He got very angry agin when he saw his line cut, an his fish gone, an' he stharted ta scold the girl because he said she was sthupid to have cut it, an he went away callin her a Bowdheen, an' all sorts o' ugly names.
That was very well, it was anether good while, before, they saw him agin, an' this time he was undher a three in a wood, an' he was countin' precious sthones an' he had a great selection o' them, an' they war all nearly as precious is other, an' they war o' every colour, that ever could be imagined.
The boy, an' girl, sthood up to look at him for a while, an' every now an' agin, he'd stick out his tongue at them, an' say, look at the stupid things that never saw a precious sthone in their lives.(continues on next page)