m strike my fader, and von oder man strike _him_, and zey say vicked
vords, and zey all strike, and zey break ze tings. And vile zey do dot,
my moder ce get up, and ce come avay in ze dark, and Jeem and Fred come
mit her, and I come mit her, and long vay ce sit down on ze stone by ze
big house; and Jeem bees cold dare, and he cry; and Fred bees cold, and
he cry. I bees not cold, I not cry, my moder ce hold me tight; but all
ze time ce cry.

"Zen long time ze man vot live in ze big house open ze door, and he say
some vords to my moder, and my moder ce tell him dot my fader have got
ze bad men mit him in ze house; and he tell my moder dot ce come in; and
Jeem and Fred zey go up ze step, and ze man he lif me, and my moder ce
come up ze step; and ven ce come in, ze man see ze blood, vare my fader
have strike her, and he go tell ze lady dot ce come, and ze lady vash my
moder's head, and ce give her ze medicine vot ce drink. Zen ce lay her
on ze bed, and I lay on ze bed mit her; and Jeem and Fred zey go in von
leetle bed to ze fire.

"In ze morning my moder come home, and my fader sleep dare on ze floor,
and vile he sleep, he make big noise mit hees nose; and Jeem and Fred
laugh, cause my fader make big noise mit hees nose, but my moder ce cry.

"Long time Jeem bees hungry and he cry, Fred bees hungry and he cry, but
my moder say ce have not ze meat and ce have not ze bread. Zen long time
my fader vake, and ven he see my moder dare, he say dot he vill be good,
dot he vill not drink ze vine and ze beer any more; and he kiss my moder,
and he say dot he love her, and dot he vill get ze fire, and he vill
get ze bread, but he have not ze money. Zen my moder say dot ce vill
give him ze vatch vot ce have, ven ce vas mit her moder in Italy, to get
ze money mit, but ce tink ven he get ze money he vill drink ze beer. My
fader say No! vile he live and vile he die, he not drink any more ze
beer; and he kiss Jeem and he kiss Fred and he kiss me, and he tell my
moder dot ven he sell ze vatch, he vill bring ze money, and he vill get
ze fire, and he vill get ze meat and ze bread. Zen my moder ce get him
ze vatch, and he go avay.

"Long time he not come. Zen long time in ze night he come, and he bring
ze bread mit him, but he have drunk ze beer. My moder tell him dot he
have, and he say dot he have not; but all ze time hees head go von vay
and von vay, and some ze vords he speak, and some ze vords he not speak.
My moder ce tell him, Vare z