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Show - ' WiLUAMa-PO'KYKR HOs^lTAUB, - ,v ^ faTMCHOW. •HANWNa, GttJMA, "K*C^#':^/ A" ^V <^4»€ T'sao T'ai I*ai, Oh, m$f my I Didn't know wheo she wss badly o, .* She not only had one tremendous goitre; she had a whole collar of goitres running all around the front and sides of her neck to way behind her ear. And she*d f i r s t noticed t h i s mass twenty-five years ago. Her voice was hoarse sn? heavy from the pressure on the larynx. And why hadn't she ever come before? UShy, why should she? Jt never bothered her before-not oauigk, Then why did she come now? Well, now she was suffocated when lying dovn. I t was a tedious operation dissecting the many more or less separate tumors from the mmy important nerves and blood vessels of the neck-and i t was a serious operation-a-a very serious operation. But to t e l l T'sao T'ai T'^i so was only a waste of one's breath. She didn't approve of keeping one's larynx as quiet as possible. My goodness, gracious me, not Oh, r•', isg\ T'soo ll5ai T'ail God gave her a tongue, aid she wanted to tall:. God gave her two feet, aid she wanted to walk. She wouldnft "stay put", and she wouldn't stay quiet, And she scorned her portion of liquid diet. She knew very well if she wss t o get strong, She nez&ed strong food to help her along. |