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mit deidsn (i.e. Deutschen), mudr soln frbidn, (i.e. 

 Mutter soil es verbieten = Mother should forbid 

 it), di nid dirfn (durfen) raufe, is ganz wirsd fon di " 

 (= They should not be allowed to quarrel it is very 

 rough of them !) 



"When the tests were resumed, Frau Dr. Moekel 

 asked Rolf : ' What was it the man called out in the 

 street yesterday, when you were looking out of the 

 window ? " and the dog spelt out : ' egsdrablad 5 

 hundrd franzos un so weidr ' ( = special edition 

 5 hundred French and so on !). The laughter 

 elicited by this statement appeared to offend Rolf, 

 for he promptly spelt out the query : ' di lagn warum ?' 

 (= They laugh why ?). 



" After this he applied himself to counting the flowers 

 in a bouquet, and he was asked to whom he would like 

 to present it. He replied : " lib adolfin " (= dear 

 Adolphine), thus distinguishing a particular lady who 

 was present and he further added " gomn " (i.e. 

 kommen = come), she had therefore to step forward 

 and receive the bouquet in person. 



" Little flags were distributed next, and Rolf was 

 told to name the country each stood for. For the 

 yellow and black colours he spelt out : " esdeig " 

 (Austria), for the Turkish ' dirgig ' ; for the Baden 

 flag : " baadin," while the Wiirttemberg colours he 

 regarded as German ! On being shown the Bavarian 

 flag he spelt : ' lib mudr sei fei farb ! ' (i.e. die feine 

 Farbe der lieben Mutter = the brave colours of dear 

 mother) Frau Dr. Moekel being of Bavarian descent. 



" At the close of the meeting Rolf was told to name 

 certain melodies, and a gentleman present whistled 

 the beginning of the song ' O, Deutschland hoch in 

 Ehren ' but the dog did not at once recognize the 

 song and spelt out ' nogmal I ' (i.e. noch einmal 



