[lit-ideas] Re: GRE Registration
- From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 19:16:29 -0700
Andreas Ramos wrote:
> Oh, don't fall for that. He made it up.
My uncle began to encourage him as well as he could, and said to him in
good German:
"WAS HEISZT DIESEN BERG, MEIN KNABLEIN? SAGE MIR GESCHWIND!"
("What is this mountain called, my little friend?")
The child made no answer.
"Very well," said my uncle. "I infer that we are not in Germany."
He put the same question in English.
We got no forwarder. I was a good deal puzzled.
"Is the child dumb?" cried the Professor, who, proud of his knowledge of
many languages, now tried French: "COMMENT APPELLET-ON CETTE MONTAGNE,
MON ENFANT?"
Silence still.
"Now let us try Italian," said my uncle; and he said:
"DOVE NOI SIAMO?"
"Yes, where are we?" I impatiently repeated.
But there was no answer still.
—Jules Verne, Journey to the Center of the Earth
http://www.underthesun.cc/Classics/Verne/Interior/Interior44.html
Robert Paul
10 Verecundiam Place
Elk Crossing MT
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