moder have,--ze chair, and ze sofa, and all ze tings. Zen my moder ce go
live in von leetle house, and some ze time ce not have ze fire dare, and
some ze time ce not have ze bread. And von time in ze night my fader
come home, and he bring too much men mit him vot have drunk ze beer; and
he tell my moder dot ce give ze men ze supper. And my moder say dot
ce have not ze supper, ce have not ze fire, and ce have not ze bread;
and ven ce tell ze men go avay, zey say bad vords to my moder, and my
fader he strike her dot ce go on ze floor. Zen mit her hair he drag her
to ze door, and mit hees feets he strike her vay out on ze stone, and
her head bleed. And Jeem he see her dare, and he cry, and Fred cry, and
I cry; and my moder ce groan like ce die. And von ze men vot come mit
him 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,