appelerai

Updated: May 17, 2025

His weak face wore glasses of the same type as the hippopotamus', but without a huge black ribbon. I decided to give him a tremor; and said to the hippo "Un peu, Monsieur," at which the little thing looked sickly. The hippopotamus benevolently remarked "Voo parlez bien," and his glasses fell off. He turned to the watchful planton: "Voo poovez aller. Je vooz appelerai."

E. E. (Edward Estlin) Cummings - The Enormous Room