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? ? ? ? "Well, den, why couldn't he say it?"

? ? ? ? "Why, he is a-saying it. That's a Frenchman's way of saying it."

? ? ? ? "Well, it's a blame' ridicklous way, en I doan' want to hear no mo' 'bout it. Dey ain' no sense in it."

? ? ? ? "Looky here, Jim; does a cat talk like we do?"

? ? ? ? "No, a cat don't."

? ? ? ? "Well, does a cow?"

? ? ? ? "No, a cow don't, nuther."

? ? ? ? "Does a cat talk like a cow, or a cow talk like a cat?"

? ? ? ? "No, dey don't."

? ? ? ? "It's natural and right for 'em to talk different from each other, ain't it?"

? ? ? ? "Course."

? ? ? ? "And ain't it natural and right for a cat and a cow to talk different from us?"

? ? ? ? "Why, mos' sholy it is."

? ? ? ? "Well, then, why ain't it natural and right for a Frenchman to talk different from us? You answer me that."

? ? ? ? "Is a cat a man, Huck?"

? ? ? ? "No.


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