Dree o'm a-ta'kèn o't. three of them talking about it

(1) WELL, here we be, then, wi’ the vu'st poor lwoad first

O’ vuzz we brought, a-stoodèd in the road. furze (gorse)

(2) The road, George, no. There's na'r a road. That's wrong. never a

If we'd a road, we mid ha’ got along. might

(1) Noo road! Ees 'tis, the road that we do goo. yes

(2) Do goo, George, no. The pleäce we can't get drough. through

(1) Well, there, the vu'st lwoad we 've a-haul'd to day

Is here a-stoodèd in theäse bed o’ clay. this

Here's rotten groun’! an’ how the wheels do cut!

The little woone's a-zunk up to the nut. one's

(3) An’ yeet this rotten groun’ don't reach a lug. yet, is no bigger than

a pole (5½ yards)

(1) Well, come, then, gi'e the plow another tug. give the wagon

(2) They meäres wull never pull the waggon out, horses

A-lwoaded, an’ a-stoodèd in thik rout. that rut

(3) We'll try. Come, Smiler, come! C’ up, Whitevoot, gee!

(2) White-voot wi’ lags all over mud! Hee! Hee!

(3) 'Twoon't wag. We shall but snap our gear, move

An’ overstraïn the meäres. 'Twoon't wag, 'tis clear.

(1) That's your work, William. No, in coo'se, 'twoon't wag. of course

Why did ye drēve en into theäse here quag? drive it, this, bog

The vore-wheels be a-zunk above the nuts.

(3) What then? I coulden leäve the beäten track,

To turn the waggon over on the back

Ov woone o’ theäsem wheel-high emmet-butts. one, these, ant-hills

If you be sich a drēver, an’ do know't, driver

You drēve the plow, then; but you'll overdrow 't. wagon, turn it over

(1) I drēve the plow, indeed! Oh! ees, what, now yes

The wheels woont wag, then, I mid drēve the plow! move, may

We'd better dig away the groun’ below

The wheels. (2) There's na'r a speäde to dig wi’. never a

(1) An’ teäke an’ cut a lock o’ frith, an’ drow brushwood, throw it

Upon the clay. (2) Nor hook to cut a twig wi’.

(1) Oh! here's a bwoy a-comèn.