KISS Grammar: The Buffoon and the Countryman Level 1AA

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{At a country fair} there was a Buffoon [who made all the people laugh

{by imitating the cries} {of various animals}]. / He finished off {by squeaking} so {like a

pig}[that the spectators thought [that he had a porker concealed^#1 (about him}]]. / But

a Countryman [who stood by] said: ["Call that a pig's squeak!]. / Nothing {like it}. /

You give me {till tomorrow} / and I will show you [what it's like.]" / The audience

laughed, / but next day (NuA), sure enough,^#2 the Countryman appeared {on

the stage}, and putting his head down squealed so hideously [that the spectators hissed

and threw stones {at him} to make him stop]. / "You fools^#3!" he cried, ["see

[what you have been hissing,]]" and held up a little pig [whose ear he had been pinching

to make him utter the squeals]. /

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. /

Notes

1. See Level Four, Note 2.

2. "Enough" functions as an adverb to "sure," and we'll consider "sure enough" as an interjection.

3. "You" could be considered as the subject of "See," and "fools" as an appositive to "you," or the phrase could be considered as Direct Address.