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Macmillan (1965)
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Macmillan (2000)
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The branches moved and she saw that the face was topped by black, woolly hair, and had very white teeth and thick lips.
'It's a negro!' she thought to herself.
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The branches moved and she saw that the face was topped by black, thick hair, and had bright eyes and a cheerful expression.
'It's a black man!' she thought to herself.
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The woolly head nodded amiably.
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The head nodded amiably.
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'You not make a sound, little missy,' said the negro, in a hoarse whisper. 'You not say I here. I poor nigger, little missy, lost and all alone.'
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'Don't you make a sound, l'il gal,' said the man, in a hoarse whisper. He sounded like an American! 'Don't you say I'm here. I'm just a poor man, lost and alone.'
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'Missy, you go 'way from here. 'Dis very bad mountain, full of bad mens. They get you if you don't go 'way. Bad things here, Missy.'
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'L'il gal, you gotta git away from here. It's a no-good mountain, full of bad men. They'll git you if you don't git away. There's bad things here, l'il gal.'
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'I been in bad mountain, Missy. I get away. But poor nigger nowhere to go - he afraid of dem big dogs. He stay here in big tree. You go 'way, Missy, far away!'
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I've been in that there bad mountain, l'il gal. I've gotten away. But this poor fellah's gotten no place to go - and he's surely scared by those big dogs. I'm starying right here in this nice big tree. You git away, l'il gal, git far away!'
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A man who said the mountain was bad - 'full of bad mens' - whatever did it mean?
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A man who said the mountain was bad - an American - whatever did it mean?
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'Or if we could get hold of that negro Lucy-Ann saw,' said Jack. 'He could tell us a lot.'
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'Or if we could get hold of that chap Lucy-Ann saw,' said Philip. 'He could tell us a lot.'
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