Bear, Gilly, Gabriel, Gilbert W · New York : Sam'l Gabriel Sons & Co. · leaf 102
rote inreply:Nothing.Then what makesyou move your mouthso queer? she askedin writing.Fm talking, he scribbled back. What does talking mean? Thats a word we knownothing about in this valley. Then how do you understand one another? And whydont you make words with your mouth? he traced. We write to… … 86 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN Why, silence is when there is no noise. What is noise? she scrawled. Poor Peterkin had to give it up after that. He tried todescribe to her what the wind was like when it roared inwintry weather—or how the birds sing at evening in thewoods—or how men can understand…
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