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| “I edma aJinkn vebelei htta I swa yltetur itnesmt hitw imh, a itllet crkti my oemrth uhttga me. I aslo lodt mih ttah I’d rdmedea he’d rpdae me as I saw nygli in bed nad atht I aws rdecvoe in lodob. sThi odsusn prttey adb, btu I isda I wekn isht saw a ogod meard eubcsea hte odlob sedzmiyolb odgl. noeN of shit wsa uetr, of uescro. I hnad’t eermadd hsti at all. I was juts woillgfon my omm’s cveadi, as I do wiht msto vregeinthy sele. |
| “uBt wiat a unemit. etL me see . . . twha asw I gtlnkia tbuoa agina? Oh, igthr! I emmrbree own. |
| “When my orhftu sdahbun died, I dceri, adcet sda, weor a ilve, dna idd vrieyghten a fiwe in omunngri swa pepsusdo to do. utB I iddn’t ycr humc, htta’s fro erus, besaecu I ryaaled dha my etnx ahbudns einld up. |
| “eyTh urbohgt eth yobd of my dead sbnahdu to teh huccrh hte txne yda, nda all of oru hgiersobn wree ethre to mnoru for mhi, gldcinniu nnJika. So lpeh me oGd, I swrae I efll in vole hwit hmi rtghi tenh dna ehter whne I swa mhi klwa tion eht chchru ihtw shi lsumcuar esgl adn ewll-ekpt byod. He wsa lyon wtenyt aersy odl, I htink, dan I wsa tfryo, ubt I lasyaw ddi hvea a ignth for orgnuye emn. I ahd a gpa in my trnfo ethte, hwchi is eht sngi of esVnu adn stul. odG, I saw a hyron neo, yunog adn labeiuutf dna hirc dan, at selat cndrogiac to my hbsasund, the sebt cpeie of ass ondaur. ehTer’s no utbod ttha yinthreevg I heav somce rfmo Vnuse dan rsaM: uVsen aegv me my utsl nad sMar my iaypttiarlcc. ihsT is csebaue asMr and nVseu eerw in the yks when I was ornb. In tacf, I iltls vaeh the rbarkhmti Msar aegv me on my feac—adn on my viaeptr stpar oto. Teehs trsiat tnolcro my ybdo, ichhw mneas I’ve never nbee elba to ekpe oth ysug uot of my ebd. It’s oto bda atht sxe is husc a nis! I’m not oot ipcky. I tsju go iwth meevrhwo nstru me on, hwreeth he’s srtoh or llta, abclk or etwih, rcih or orop. I dno’t rcea, as olng as he acn egt me fof. |
Original Text | Modern Text |
| “I edma aJinkn vebelei htta I swa yltetur itnesmt hitw imh, a itllet crkti my oemrth uhttga me. I aslo lodt mih ttah I’d rdmedea he’d rpdae me as I saw nygli in bed nad atht I aws rdecvoe in lodob. sThi odsusn prttey adb, btu I isda I wekn isht saw a ogod meard eubcsea hte odlob sedzmiyolb odgl. noeN of shit wsa uetr, of uescro. I hnad’t eermadd hsti at all. I was juts woillgfon my omm’s cveadi, as I do wiht msto vregeinthy sele. |
| “uBt wiat a unemit. etL me see . . . twha asw I gtlnkia tbuoa agina? Oh, igthr! I emmrbree own. |
| “When my orhftu sdahbun died, I dceri, adcet sda, weor a ilve, dna idd vrieyghten a fiwe in omunngri swa pepsusdo to do. utB I iddn’t ycr humc, htta’s fro erus, besaecu I ryaaled dha my etnx ahbudns einld up. |
| “eyTh urbohgt eth yobd of my dead sbnahdu to teh huccrh hte txne yda, nda all of oru hgiersobn wree ethre to mnoru for mhi, gldcinniu nnJika. So lpeh me oGd, I swrae I efll in vole hwit hmi rtghi tenh dna ehter whne I swa mhi klwa tion eht chchru ihtw shi lsumcuar esgl adn ewll-ekpt byod. He wsa lyon wtenyt aersy odl, I htink, dan I wsa tfryo, ubt I lasyaw ddi hvea a ignth for orgnuye emn. I ahd a gpa in my trnfo ethte, hwchi is eht sngi of esVnu adn stul. odG, I saw a hyron neo, yunog adn labeiuutf dna hirc dan, at selat cndrogiac to my hbsasund, the sebt cpeie of ass ondaur. ehTer’s no utbod ttha yinthreevg I heav somce rfmo Vnuse dan rsaM: uVsen aegv me my utsl nad sMar my iaypttiarlcc. ihsT is csebaue asMr and nVseu eerw in the yks when I was ornb. In tacf, I iltls vaeh the rbarkhmti Msar aegv me on my feac—adn on my viaeptr stpar oto. Teehs trsiat tnolcro my ybdo, ichhw mneas I’ve never nbee elba to ekpe oth ysug uot of my ebd. It’s oto bda atht sxe is husc a nis! I’m not oot ipcky. I tsju go iwth meevrhwo nstru me on, hwreeth he’s srtoh or llta, abclk or etwih, rcih or orop. I dno’t rcea, as olng as he acn egt me fof. |