The steps went down wi' rottlèn slap, The zwingèn door went open wide: Wide? no; vor when the worthy chap Stepp'd up to teäke his pleäce inside, Breast-foremost, he wer twice too wide Vor thik there door. An' then he tried To edge in woone an' tother zide. "'Twont do," the drever cried; "Can't goo," good Bloom replied; "That you should bring theäse vooty thing!" Cried worthy Bloom the miller.
"Come," cried the drever. "Pay your feäre You'll teäke up all my time, good man." "Well," answer'd Bloom, "to meäke that square, You teäke up me, then, if you can." "I come at call," the man did nod. "What then?" cried Bloom, "I han't a-rod, An' can't in thik there hodmadod." "Girt lump," the drever cried; "Small stump," good Bloom replied; "A little mite, to meäke so light, O' jolly Bloom the miller."
"You'd best be off now perty quick," Cried Bloom. "an' vind a lighter lwoad, Or else I'll vetch my voot, an' kick The vooty thing athirt the road." "Who is the man?" they cried, "meäke room," "A halfstarv'd Do'set man," cried Bloom; "You be?" another cried; "Hee! Hee!" woone mwore replied. "Aye, shrunk so thin, to bwone an' skin," Cried worthy Bloom the miller.
"Come on. Be sprack, a-laggèn back." "Oh! be there any cows to hook?" "Lauk she's afraïd, a silly maïd," Cows? No, the cows be down by brook. "O here then, oh! here is a lot." "A lot o' what? what is it? what?" "Why blackberries, as thick As ever they can stick." "I've dewberries, oh! twice As good as they; so nice." "Look here. Theäse boughs be all but blue Wi' snags." "Oh! gi'e me down a vew." "Come here, oh! do but look." "What's that? what is it now?" "Why nuts a-slippèn shell." "Hee! hee! pull down the bough." "I wish I had a crook." "There zome o'm be a-vell." (_One sings_) "I wish I was on Bimport Hill I would zit down and cry my vill." "Hee! hee! there's Jenny zomewhere nigh, A-zingèn that she'd like to cry."
(_Jenny sings_) "I would zit down and cry my vill Until my tears would dreve a mill." "Oh! here's an ugly crawlèn thing, A sneäke." "A slooworm; he wont sting." "Hee! hee! how she did squal an' hop, A-spinnèn roun' so quick's a top." "Look here, oh! quick, be quick." "What is it? what then? where?" "A rabbit." "No, a heäre." "Ooh! ooh! the thorns do prick," "How he did scote along the ground As if he wer avore a hound." "Now mind the thistles." "Hee, hee, hee, Why they be knapweeds." "No." "They be." "I've zome'hat in my shoe." "Zit down, an' sheäke it out." "Oh! emmets, oh! ooh, ooh, A-crawlèn all about." "What bird is that, O harken, hush. How sweetly he do zing." "A nightingeäle." "La! no, a drush." "Oh! here's a funny thing." "Oh! how the bull do hook, An' bleäre, an' fling the dirt." "Oh! wont he come athirt?" "No, he's beyond the brook." "O lauk! a hornet rose Up clwose avore my nose." "Oh! what wer that so white Rush'd out o' thik tree's top?" "An owl." "How I did hop, How I do sheäke wi' fright." "A musheroom." "O lau! A twoadstool! Pwoison! Augh." "What's that, a mouse?" "O no, Teäke ceäre, why 'tis a shrow." "Be sure don't let en come An' run athirt your shoe He'll meäke your voot so numb That you wont veel a tooe."[G] "Oh! what wer that so loud A-rumblèn?" "Why a clap O' thunder. Here's a cloud O' raïn. I veel a drap." "A thunderstorm. Do raïn. Run hwome wi' might an' main." "Hee! hee! oh! there's a drop A-trïckled down my back. Hee! hee!" "My head's as wet's a mop." "Oh! thunder," "there's a crack. Oh! Oh!" "Oh! I've a-got the stitch, Oh!" "Oh! I've a-lost my shoe, Oh!" "There's Fanny into ditch, Oh!" "I'm wet all drough an' drough, Oh!"