Pluto-ma Nesia 11

 

       11. What I Heard in the Apple Barrel

        _11. Plu ra; mi pa audi in pomi kilindra

"No, not I," said Silver. "Flint was cap'n; I was quartermaster, along of my timber leg. The same broadside I lost my leg, old Pew lost his deadlights.
_Silva dice, "No, ne mi. Flinti pa es navi-cefa. Mi pa es habe-ra cefa ko mi dendro-ma poda. Mi pa lose poda per iso bola-fa; per qi Piu pa lose bi oku.

"Here it is about gentlemen of fortune. They lives rough, and they risk swinging, but they eat and drink like fighting-cocks, and when a cruise is done, why, it's hundreds of pounds instead of hundreds of farthings in their pockets."
_Id es homo u-ci mode ko panto andro de boni okasio: Mu habe plu no-facili bio, e habe risko de morta per fi-fa. Anti-co mu gene vora- e bibe-ma homo plu an-galina. Mu habe plu hekto argenti valuta vice plu centi valuta, kron viagia es a fini."

"Well, I tell you now," replied the lad, "I didn't half a quarter like the job till I had this talk with you, John; but there's my hand on it now."
_U juve andro dice, "Sti logi, mi dice a tu nu-tem; mi ne pa este hedo de u-ci ergo per mikro mero, a-kron mi habe u-ci dice ko tu, Jon. Anti-co mi tena akorda ko tu nu-tem."

By a "gentleman of fortune" they plainly meant neither more nor less than a common pirate...
_Mu este klari signifi per "andro de boni okasio" nuli ra anti komuni mari klepto-pe.

A third man strolled up and sat down by the party.
_Un andro tri pa ki proxi, e gene sedi proxi bi hetero andro.

"Dick's square," said Silver.
_Silva dice, "Dika es per akorda."

Returned the voice of the
coxswain, Israel Hands... "here's what I want to know, Barbecue: how long are we a-going to stand off and on like a blessed bumboat?
_Id pa es voka de Israeli Hans, u cefa de plu ergo-pe. "Mi volu logi de u-ci ra, kuko-pe: Na fu debi akti homo plu boni ergo-pe qo-tem?

"Till I give the word..."
_"A-kron mi sti dice."

"But," asked Dick, "when we do lay 'em athwart, what are we to do with 'em, anyhow?"
_Dika dice qestio, "Kron na akti kapti de mu, na fu akti qo ko mu?"

"Billy was the man for that," said Israel. "'Dead men don't bite,' says he."
_Israeli dice, "Bili pa es homi de u-ci ra. An pa dice, 'Panto morta-pe ne pote dona morda.'"

"Dick!" he added, breaking off. "You just jump up, like a sweet lad, and get me an apple..."
_Kron Silva dice, "Dika, tu sti salta homo gluko-pe, e dona mo pomi a mi."

Almost at the same time the voice of the lookout shouted, "Land ho!"
_Proxi iso-kron u voka de guarda-pe dice, "Tera a vista!"

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