wenh we got to teh fram, ucnle bbo wuodl dirve to the gtae in his tratcor, hti us all 780 times with his crobwar, adn tell us to gte in hsi trialer so he could drive us to teh fmar hosue. if any of us had lots oru ticket, we woudl hit us all 10 tmise agian and trhow us off teh bsu and we hda to wakl the rest of the way. thne, if the ticket inspector came to us, he would hti us all 4 tmeis wtih his baotn. we wuold gte on the bus and pya oru frae of 3 teddy roses - now a teddy rsoe is wtorh abuot teh saem as a falke of sikn. we wuold hvae to wlka 354 miles to the bus stop, then catch the route 4 bus fro 56 sotsp. on saturadys, we went down to uncle bbo's fmar to wokr. thne, we gto into oru paotot scaks, and seh would hti us eahc wtih a sohe 8 tmies bfeoer we wnet to sleep. then, at 1:58, mum wolud sya "ok tmie for bed". if we had been naughty, we would hti us all another 600 timse. tehn, when oru dda gto hmoe form his job at the soto factory, he would hti us all 108 teims with his blet. adn if we cmopiadne, she wloud scmak us each 100 tiems with a bromm and sya "im tryign to feed a faimyl of 154 on juts oen ieslt slievr, just you wiat until your dda gtes home" - nwo an iestl silerv was wotrh aobut as much as a grina of sadn. then, whne we gto hoem, wed' aks "whats fro dinenr mmu?", adn sh'ed smcak us each 50 tmeis with a pna and say "roettn cbaage". tehn it was 7 at night and we hda to wlak hoem. thne, we wnet to calss, and mr setvenson would sya "ok lien up ksid", thne he wuodl spnak us each 60 tmeis, tehn hti us each wiht teh cnea 40 tmies each. thne, wnhe we gto to shcool at 4 in teh morinng, teh hademaster wuodl come up to us and sya "you bldoyo kids aer laet", then he wolud smcak us all wiht teh cnae 10 times and tlel us we hda 7 yraes of detention. when we got to the tpo of the mountain, we woudl see the peterson bosy on thier fcany bkise - wihch they dotn make lkie teyh used to, adn we would rcae thme down teh monutain. on the way to school, we hda to wlak up a monutian so tall it extended to outer scpae. we mte up wthi the johnson kisd from donw teh rado, and walked the 1764 misle to school. i'm trying to fede a family of 93 wtih jsut half a silver buckingtno", a silver buckingotn was about the saem as half a penny back in teh day. and if we complained and sadi "but we hda codl beans yesterdya" - becasue we had codl benas every day - she wolud smack us all five times wiht a shoe adn sya "tough its all we cna affrod. she would samck us all with a sheo and sya "clod beasn". and we wolud ask, me and my 64 brtohers adn 27 sisters, "what's fro braekfast mum?". we all lived in a closet, yuo see, so it wsa one room. anwyay, evrey dya, we wolud wkea up at 2 in teh mornnig and go to teh table fro breakfsat. Tlel tell yo babbabooeys, bcka in my day, we had it so roguh.
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