Anglický jazyk

Stories of Ships and the Sea

Vydavateľstvo: Lulu.com
Rok vydania: 2017
Formát: Paperback
Rozmer: 229 x 152 mm
Jazyk: Anglický jazyk
ISBN: 9781387152612

A collection of Jack London sea stories.

CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN (Excerpt)

""If you vas in der old country ships, a liddle shaver like you vood pe only der... Viac o knihe

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A collection of Jack London sea stories.

CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN (Excerpt)

""If you vas in der old country ships, a liddle shaver like you vood pe only der boy, und you vood wait on der able seamen. Und ven der able seaman sing out, 'Boy, der water-jug!' you vood jump quick, like a shot, und bring der water-jug. Und ven der able seaman sing out, 'Boy, my boots!' you vood get der boots. Und you vood pe politeful, und say 'Yessir' und 'No sir.' But you pe in der American ship, and you t'ink you are so good as der able seamen. Chris, mine boy, I haf ben a sailorman for twenty-two years, und do you t'ink you are so good as me? I vas a sailorman pefore you vas borned, und I knot und reef und splice ven you play mit topstrings und fly kites.""

""But you are unfair, Emil!"" cried Chris Farrington, his sensitive face flushed and hurt. He was a slender though strongly built young fellow of seventeen, with Yankee ancestry writ large all over him...