"Oh, if that's all, aw can tell thi ha to manage that. It willn't tak
thi aboon five minnits."

"Thar't just th' chap aw wanted to see. Call for twopenoth for thisen an
then tell me ha to goa on."

Parker didn't need axin twice, an when he'd getten it, he sed,

"Tha doesn't keep hens, does ta?"

"Noa, aw keep nowt but Mally an misen, an awr Hepsabah's childer th'
mooast oth' time."

"Well, but some oth' naybors do; an tha could borrow one for a few
minnits. A gooid old cock wod be th' best."

"Eeah, aw could get one at belangs th' chap at lives th' next door but
one. They're all off at their wark but aw could get one aght o' their
yard withaat axin."

"Well, then, its easy enuff. All tha wants is a long piece o' string, an
a stooan teed at one end. Then tha mun get on top oth' haase an drop th'
stooan daan th' chimley, an it'll roll daan into th' foir-grate,--then
tee tother end oth' string to chicken's legs, and shove it, tail furst,
daan th' chimley pot, an then goa into th' haase an pool it daan th'
flue, an all th' sooit will come wi it, an it'll be a cleeaner job nor
if all th' sweeps ith' taan had been at it."

"Bith' heart! Parker, aw'st nivver ha thowt o' that. Aw'll goa an do it