Published by P. Noordhoff N.V. — 1953 — Groningen-Djakarta
24th impression, pressure of letters
erste druk, first struck 1919
Lezen leren, to read, gather, glean lazy learner graze
oo
the boys are saying oo from behind a bush
saying boo to a goose who is only their uncle
oo — oo
— oo
—
oom !
swinging his stick which could be his cane
in the bachelor life of busby berkeley
a new formation
oo,
m.
m.
m.
it's still an o that ends in an m
in german it's ohm
ohmic and resistant in this electrical current
oh!
uncle
oh, u.
u.
u.
were always the silent kees
aa
oo . aa . oo . aa .m.
the uncle's cane is pointing to his name
hanging from hooks in the shop window
and what's an ape doing here?
the ape is also pointing to its name
aap
he thought I said arp or harp, not ape
harpo
the problem of sound
reducing itself
the monkey is a pointer
will take the cane
become the cane
hanuman
oo . oom . aa . aap.
the monocle de mon oncle
moonkey unc
the monkey's uncle
ape uncle
learn to ape, boys
the monkey is the wit
ee n eet
learn to eat
one eats
in a 'kamer' or 'eetkamer'
come eat
an invitation
a going in
an openness
an ape eats
an orange pear
drops a pear
and uncle munches
but uncle canes
the tree and monkey flees
dropping a pear
eat an uncle?
eat an ape?
af
a f
off
uncle
down
hats off
aa aaf
little aaf she
runs in on page thirteen
af, aaf
off, oof – preferring consonants
an uncle is an oh look!
a girl is an off
or an after
thought
off on a tree
hugs
the base
the monkey is on
the monkey tree
uncle is in the under
growth
e
e. e. e.
aa eef
eef is a baby girl
eeny
meeny
e
held by aaf
fed a pear by orange
haired aaf
aaf eats and
eef eats
e n
eef and aaf
aaf and eef
and and and
i
who is in
who is in the onion?
on the onion
round the onion
round and round
uncle
eat the onion
ik
ik was always stronger than i
ik stands more firmly on the ground
asserts what it does and doesn't know
is crisp with k
h/ ic and familiarly me
when did we lose the i who was both consonant and vowel?
ik ook.
not i
oh, uncle, me too. me too.
me up, and eef down.
me too
brother
not to be left
off
this is the girls' favourite story
me too! me too! me too!
louder on each succeeding page
r
r. r. r.
is an air on a rattle and not available in our tongue
it was available through the tongue which i can roll
wanting to hear and arrr and ear and veer and ere
and err and oar
and o'er and roar
an ear on an uncle
an ear on an onion
an orange ear
an ear on an ape
an ear on aaf
so
off
s s
s. s. s.