Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Full Text: Chapter 14 : Page 4
"Well, then, why ain't it natural and right for a _Frenchman_ to talk different from us? You answer me that."
"Is a cat a man, Huck?"
"No."
"Well, den, dey ain't no sense in a cat talkin' like a man. Is a cow a man?er is a cow a cat?"
"No, she ain't either of them."
"Well, den, she ain't got no business to talk like either one er the yuther of 'em. Is a Frenchman a man?"
"Yes."
"_Well_, den! Dad blame it, why doan' he _talk_ like a man? You answer me _dat_!"
I see it warn't no use wasting wordsyou can't learn a n***** to argue. So I quit.
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