an ekstrAkt from /kOld /kumfDt /fRm bF /stela /gibanz
An extract from Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
wun dE, wen /Adam kEm intM H kicin Just yftD brekfast, /flPa hAd sed t him:
'O, /Adam, hC'z jP lital mop. F got it in /hQliN His yftDnMn. lUk, izn't it a nFs lital wun? V trF it n sI.'
fP a sekand SI hAd TYt hI wUd dAS it from hx hAnd, but grAdValI, As hI stXd At H lital mop, hiz ikspreSan v fjPI cEnJd t wun mP difikalt t rId.
it woz, indId, ryHD a nFs lital mop. it hAd a plEn hAndal v wFt wUd wiH a lital wEst rFt At H tip, sO HAt it kUd bI mP kumfDtabalI held in H hAnd. its hed woz v soft wFt Tredz, Ic fFbD bIiN distiNkt n kumlI insted v bIiN mAtid tageHD lFk H hedz v mOst lital mops. mOst tEkiN v Yl, it hAd a lMp v fFn red striN, wiH wic t hAN it up, notid DQnd its lital wEst.
/Adam kYSaslI pUt Qt hiz fiNgD n pOkt At it.
''tez mFn?'
'F - F mIn, jes, it's jPz. jP verI On. dM tEk it.'
hI tUk it bitwIn hiz fiNgD n Tum n stUd gEziN At it. hiz Fz hAd filmd OvD lFk sFtlis /atlAntik pMlz bifP H flurI v H stPm breT. hiz nRld fiNgDz fOldid rQnd H hAndal.
'F... 'tez mFn,' hI mutDd. 'nP hQs nP kFn, n jet 'tez mFn... mF lital mop!'
hI undid H TPn twig wic fysand H bUzam v hiz Sxt n Trust H mop wiHin. but Hen hI wiHdrM it agen, n riplEst H TPn. 'mF lital mop!' hI stUd stXiN At it in a drIm.
'jes. it's t kletD H diSiz wiH,' sed /flPa, fxmlI, sudanlI fPsIiN a nV dEnJD on H harFzan.
'nE... nE,' pratestid /Adam. ''tez tM pritI t kletD HOz grEt Old diSiz wi'. F mUn dM HAt wiH H TPn twigz; HE'l sxv. F'l kIp mF lidal mop in H Sed, aloN wi' QD /pqntlis n QD /feklis.'
'HE mFt It it,' saJestid /flPa.
'F, F, sO HE mFt, /robDt /pOst's cFld. y, wel, F mUn hAN it up bF its lidal red striN abuv H diS-woSiN bOl. nivD pUt mF lidal pritI mop in HAt gxt Old grIsI woSin'-up wYtD. F, 'tez pritID nP Apal-blMH, mF lidal mop.'
n SufliN akros H kicin, hI huN it kXfalI on H wYl abuv H siNk, n stUd fP sum tFm admFDiN it. /flPa woz JustifFablI iritEtid, n went kroslI Qt fP a wYk.
