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| [00:01.16] | Chapter 6 Outside the Hospital |
| [00:07.98] | Merrick had a lo of friends now, |
| [00:11.32] | but he was more like a child than a man. |
| [00:15.56] | He could read about things, and talk to his visitors, |
| [00:20.22] | but he could not go out of the hospital by himself. |
| [00:24.24] | He thought and played like a child. |
| [00:29.25] | After Christmas, he wanted to go to the theatre. |
| [00:33.56] | This was very difficult, |
| [00:36.25] | because I did not want the people in the theatre to see him. |
| [00:41.44] | But a kind lady from the theatre-Mrs Kendal-helped us. |
| [00:47.97] | We bought tickets for a box at the side of the theatre |
| [00:53.34] | We went to the theatre in a cab with dark windows, |
| [00:57.53] | and we went into the theatre |
| [00:59.74] | by a door at the back-the Queen's door. Nobody saw us. |
| [01:07.11] | Three nurses sat at the front of the box, |
| [01:10.62] | and Merrick and I sat in the dark behind them. |
| [01:15.45] | Nobody in the theatre could see us, |
| [01:18.50] | but we could see the play. |
| [01:21.93] | It was a children's Christmas play. |
| [01:24.80] | Merrick loved it. It was a most wonderful, exciting story. |
| [01:31.19] | Often he laughed, |
| [01:33.55] | and sometimes he tried to sing like the children in the theatre. |
| [01:38.49] | He was like a child. |
| [01:40.53] | For him, everything in the story was true. |
| [01:46.50] | Once he was very afraid, |
| [01:49.08] | because the bad man in the play was angry and had a knife. |
| [01:53.96] | At first Merrick wanted to leave the theatre, but I stopped him. |
| [02:00.26] | Then he was very angry with this bad man in the play. |
| [02:05.56] | He hit his hand on his chair, |
| [02:08.33] | and stood up and talked to the man. |
| [02:11.43] | But nobody heard him. |
| [02:13.79] | When the bad man went to prison, Merrick laughed. |
| [02:19.75] | Merrick thought the beautiful young lady |
| [02:22.33] | in the play was wonderful. |
| [02:24.71] | He wanted to talk to her too. |
| [02:28.38] | At the end of the play he was very happy |
| [02:32.01] | because she married a good young man. |
| [02:36.44] | He remembered this play for a long time, |
| [02:39.74] | and he talked a lot about the people in it. |
| [02:44.58] | 'What do you think they did after we left?' |
| [02:49.82] | he asked me. 'Where do the young lady and the young man live? |
| [02:57.53] | What are they doing now?' |
| [03:00.68] | 'I don't know, I said. 'Perhaps they live in the country. ' |
| [03:06.99] | Merrick thought about this for a long time. |
| [03:10.89] | Then he said：'Dr Treves, can I go to the country, please? |
| [03:20.47] | I saw the country once from a train, but I never went there. |
| [03:29.34] | I often read about it in books. |
| [03:33.45] | It's very beautiful, isn't it? |
| [03:37.81] | I would like to see it. ' |
| [03:42.31] | The visit to the theatre was difficult |
| [03:45.42] | but a visit to the country was more difficult. |
| [03:50.12] | But again, one of his new friends helped us. |
| [03:55.00] | She had a small house in the country, |
| [03:58.15] | and Merrick could stay in it for the summer, she said. |
| [04:03.50] | I took Merrick to the country in a train with dark windows, |
| [04:08.08] | so nobody could see him. |
| [04:11.02] | Then we went in a cab to the country house. |
| [04:15.54] | There were a lot of trees near the house, |
| [04:18.95] | but no people lived near it. |
| [04:22.65] | A countryman brought food to the house everyday, |
| [04:26.45] | but no people came near it. |
| [04:30.17] | I stayed with him that night. |
| [04:33.18] | At night, it was very dark and quiet. |
| [04:38.39] | In the morning, hundreds of birds sang in the trees, |
| [04:43.11] | and everything outside the house was green. |
| [04:47.16] | Merrick walked under the big trees, |
| [04:50.59] | looking at things happily, |
| [04:52.93] | and singing his strange song. |
| [04:57.74] | I went back to London, |
| [05:00.08] | but Merrick stayed there for six weeks. |
| [05:03.60] | He was wonderfully happy. |
| [05:06.38] | Every week, he wrote me a letter. |
| [05:11.62] | Apple Tree House, |
| [05:14.25] | West Wickham, |
| [05:16.25] | Berkshire. |
| [05:18.36] | 21st July 1889 |
| [05:25.18] | Dear Dr Treves, |
| [05:28.71] | I had a wonderful day again today, |
| [05:33.12] | It was very warm, |
| [05:35.25] | so I walked under the trees and sat by a stream. |
| [05:41.93] | The water in the stream made a beautiful noise, |
| [05:46.86] | like singing. Did you know that? |
| [05:51.39] | I listened to it for two hours. |
| [05:56.17] | Lots of little birds came near me . |
| [06:00.47] | One had a red body in front, and a brown back. |
| [06:06.26] | I gave it some bread, and it sat on my hand. |
| [06:12.50] | A lot of birds are my friends, now. |
| [06:17.58] | I watched the fish in the stream, too. |
| [06:22.10] | They were very exciting, |
| [06:24.91] | because they move very fast. |
| [06:28.72] | One minute they were there, |
| [06:31.51] | and the next minute I couldn't see them. |
| [06:35.82] | But I waited quietly, and they always came back. |
| [06:42.09] | I put my hand in the water, |
| [06:45.34] | but I couldn't touch them. |
| [06:49.16] | I met a big dog yesterday. |
| [06:52.69] | It made a very loud noise, |
| [06:56.09] | but I was not afraid. |
| [06:59.43] | I sat down quietly and looked it, |
| [07:04.26] | and it came and smelt my hand. |
| [07:08.46] | I saw it again today, and gave it some bread. |
| [07:14.17] | It likes me now. |
| [07:17.84] | I am going to put some flowers from the country in this letter. |
| [07:24.17] | There are hundreds of flowers here. Did you know that? |
| [07:30.38] | I like the little blue ones best, |
| [07:34.29] | but they are all beautiful. |
| [07:37.74] | I have lots of them in my room. |
| [07:41.29] | I give them water every morning. |
| [07:45.50] | Little flowers are very thirsty, you know! |
| [07:49.88] | I am very happy here, doctor, |
| [07:53.69] | but I want to see you again soon, too. |
| [07:58.04] | With love from your friend, |
| [08:01.55] | Joseph Merrick |
| [08:05.80] | At the end of the summer he came back to London. |
| [08:10.77] | He was very well, and his skin looked much better. |
| [08:16.21] | He talked about the country a lot, |
| [08:19.44] | but he was happy to see his friends and his books again, too. |
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| [00:01.16] | Chapter 6 Outside the Hospital |
| [00:07.98] | Merrick had a lo of friends now, |
| [00:11.32] | but he was more like a child than a man. |
| [00:15.56] | He could read about things, and talk to his visitors, |
| [00:20.22] | but he could not go out of the hospital by himself. |
| [00:24.24] | He thought and played like a child. |
| [00:29.25] | After Christmas, he wanted to go to the theatre. |
| [00:33.56] | This was very difficult, |
| [00:36.25] | because I did not want the people in the theatre to see him. |
| [00:41.44] | But a kind lady from the theatreMrs Kendalhelped us. |
| [00:47.97] | We bought tickets for a box at the side of the theatre |
| [00:53.34] | We went to the theatre in a cab with dark windows, |
| [00:57.53] | and we went into the theatre |
| [00:59.74] | by a door at the backthe Queen' s door. Nobody saw us. |
| [01:07.11] | Three nurses sat at the front of the box, |
| [01:10.62] | and Merrick and I sat in the dark behind them. |
| [01:15.45] | Nobody in the theatre could see us, |
| [01:18.50] | but we could see the play. |
| [01:21.93] | It was a children' s Christmas play. |
| [01:24.80] | Merrick loved it. It was a most wonderful, exciting story. |
| [01:31.19] | Often he laughed, |
| [01:33.55] | and sometimes he tried to sing like the children in the theatre. |
| [01:38.49] | He was like a child. |
| [01:40.53] | For him, everything in the story was true. |
| [01:46.50] | Once he was very afraid, |
| [01:49.08] | because the bad man in the play was angry and had a knife. |
| [01:53.96] | At first Merrick wanted to leave the theatre, but I stopped him. |
| [02:00.26] | Then he was very angry with this bad man in the play. |
| [02:05.56] | He hit his hand on his chair, |
| [02:08.33] | and stood up and talked to the man. |
| [02:11.43] | But nobody heard him. |
| [02:13.79] | When the bad man went to prison, Merrick laughed. |
| [02:19.75] | Merrick thought the beautiful young lady |
| [02:22.33] | in the play was wonderful. |
| [02:24.71] | He wanted to talk to her too. |
| [02:28.38] | At the end of the play he was very happy |
| [02:32.01] | because she married a good young man. |
| [02:36.44] | He remembered this play for a long time, |
| [02:39.74] | and he talked a lot about the people in it. |
| [02:44.58] | ' What do you think they did after we left?' |
| [02:49.82] | he asked me. ' Where do the young lady and the young man live? |
| [02:57.53] | What are they doing now?' |
| [03:00.68] | ' I don' t know, I said. ' Perhaps they live in the country. ' |
| [03:06.99] | Merrick thought about this for a long time. |
| [03:10.89] | Then he said:' Dr Treves, can I go to the country, please? |
| [03:20.47] | I saw the country once from a train, but I never went there. |
| [03:29.34] | I often read about it in books. |
| [03:33.45] | It' s very beautiful, isn' t it? |
| [03:37.81] | I would like to see it. ' |
| [03:42.31] | The visit to the theatre was difficult |
| [03:45.42] | but a visit to the country was more difficult. |
| [03:50.12] | But again, one of his new friends helped us. |
| [03:55.00] | She had a small house in the country, |
| [03:58.15] | and Merrick could stay in it for the summer, she said. |
| [04:03.50] | I took Merrick to the country in a train with dark windows, |
| [04:08.08] | so nobody could see him. |
| [04:11.02] | Then we went in a cab to the country house. |
| [04:15.54] | There were a lot of trees near the house, |
| [04:18.95] | but no people lived near it. |
| [04:22.65] | A countryman brought food to the house everyday, |
| [04:26.45] | but no people came near it. |
| [04:30.17] | I stayed with him that night. |
| [04:33.18] | At night, it was very dark and quiet. |
| [04:38.39] | In the morning, hundreds of birds sang in the trees, |
| [04:43.11] | and everything outside the house was green. |
| [04:47.16] | Merrick walked under the big trees, |
| [04:50.59] | looking at things happily, |
| [04:52.93] | and singing his strange song. |
| [04:57.74] | I went back to London, |
| [05:00.08] | but Merrick stayed there for six weeks. |
| [05:03.60] | He was wonderfully happy. |
| [05:06.38] | Every week, he wrote me a letter. |
| [05:11.62] | Apple Tree House, |
| [05:14.25] | West Wickham, |
| [05:16.25] | Berkshire. |
| [05:18.36] | 21st July 1889 |
| [05:25.18] | Dear Dr Treves, |
| [05:28.71] | I had a wonderful day again today, |
| [05:33.12] | It was very warm, |
| [05:35.25] | so I walked under the trees and sat by a stream. |
| [05:41.93] | The water in the stream made a beautiful noise, |
| [05:46.86] | like singing. Did you know that? |
| [05:51.39] | I listened to it for two hours. |
| [05:56.17] | Lots of little birds came near me . |
| [06:00.47] | One had a red body in front, and a brown back. |
| [06:06.26] | I gave it some bread, and it sat on my hand. |
| [06:12.50] | A lot of birds are my friends, now. |
| [06:17.58] | I watched the fish in the stream, too. |
| [06:22.10] | They were very exciting, |
| [06:24.91] | because they move very fast. |
| [06:28.72] | One minute they were there, |
| [06:31.51] | and the next minute I couldn' t see them. |
| [06:35.82] | But I waited quietly, and they always came back. |
| [06:42.09] | I put my hand in the water, |
| [06:45.34] | but I couldn' t touch them. |
| [06:49.16] | I met a big dog yesterday. |
| [06:52.69] | It made a very loud noise, |
| [06:56.09] | but I was not afraid. |
| [06:59.43] | I sat down quietly and looked it, |
| [07:04.26] | and it came and smelt my hand. |
| [07:08.46] | I saw it again today, and gave it some bread. |
| [07:14.17] | It likes me now. |
| [07:17.84] | I am going to put some flowers from the country in this letter. |
| [07:24.17] | There are hundreds of flowers here. Did you know that? |
| [07:30.38] | I like the little blue ones best, |
| [07:34.29] | but they are all beautiful. |
| [07:37.74] | I have lots of them in my room. |
| [07:41.29] | I give them water every morning. |
| [07:45.50] | Little flowers are very thirsty, you know! |
| [07:49.88] | I am very happy here, doctor, |
| [07:53.69] | but I want to see you again soon, too. |
| [07:58.04] | With love from your friend, |
| [08:01.55] | Joseph Merrick |
| [08:05.80] | At the end of the summer he came back to London. |
| [08:10.77] | He was very well, and his skin looked much better. |
| [08:16.21] | He talked about the country a lot, |
| [08:19.44] | but he was happy to see his friends and his books again, too. |
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| [00:01.16] | Chapter 6 Outside the Hospital |
| [00:07.98] | Merrick had a lo of friends now, |
| [00:11.32] | but he was more like a child than a man. |
| [00:15.56] | He could read about things, and talk to his visitors, |
| [00:20.22] | but he could not go out of the hospital by himself. |
| [00:24.24] | He thought and played like a child. |
| [00:29.25] | After Christmas, he wanted to go to the theatre. |
| [00:33.56] | This was very difficult, |
| [00:36.25] | because I did not want the people in the theatre to see him. |
| [00:41.44] | But a kind lady from the theatreMrs Kendalhelped us. |
| [00:47.97] | We bought tickets for a box at the side of the theatre |
| [00:53.34] | We went to the theatre in a cab with dark windows, |
| [00:57.53] | and we went into the theatre |
| [00:59.74] | by a door at the backthe Queen' s door. Nobody saw us. |
| [01:07.11] | Three nurses sat at the front of the box, |
| [01:10.62] | and Merrick and I sat in the dark behind them. |
| [01:15.45] | Nobody in the theatre could see us, |
| [01:18.50] | but we could see the play. |
| [01:21.93] | It was a children' s Christmas play. |
| [01:24.80] | Merrick loved it. It was a most wonderful, exciting story. |
| [01:31.19] | Often he laughed, |
| [01:33.55] | and sometimes he tried to sing like the children in the theatre. |
| [01:38.49] | He was like a child. |
| [01:40.53] | For him, everything in the story was true. |
| [01:46.50] | Once he was very afraid, |
| [01:49.08] | because the bad man in the play was angry and had a knife. |
| [01:53.96] | At first Merrick wanted to leave the theatre, but I stopped him. |
| [02:00.26] | Then he was very angry with this bad man in the play. |
| [02:05.56] | He hit his hand on his chair, |
| [02:08.33] | and stood up and talked to the man. |
| [02:11.43] | But nobody heard him. |
| [02:13.79] | When the bad man went to prison, Merrick laughed. |
| [02:19.75] | Merrick thought the beautiful young lady |
| [02:22.33] | in the play was wonderful. |
| [02:24.71] | He wanted to talk to her too. |
| [02:28.38] | At the end of the play he was very happy |
| [02:32.01] | because she married a good young man. |
| [02:36.44] | He remembered this play for a long time, |
| [02:39.74] | and he talked a lot about the people in it. |
| [02:44.58] | ' What do you think they did after we left?' |
| [02:49.82] | he asked me. ' Where do the young lady and the young man live? |
| [02:57.53] | What are they doing now?' |
| [03:00.68] | ' I don' t know, I said. ' Perhaps they live in the country. ' |
| [03:06.99] | Merrick thought about this for a long time. |
| [03:10.89] | Then he said:' Dr Treves, can I go to the country, please? |
| [03:20.47] | I saw the country once from a train, but I never went there. |
| [03:29.34] | I often read about it in books. |
| [03:33.45] | It' s very beautiful, isn' t it? |
| [03:37.81] | I would like to see it. ' |
| [03:42.31] | The visit to the theatre was difficult |
| [03:45.42] | but a visit to the country was more difficult. |
| [03:50.12] | But again, one of his new friends helped us. |
| [03:55.00] | She had a small house in the country, |
| [03:58.15] | and Merrick could stay in it for the summer, she said. |
| [04:03.50] | I took Merrick to the country in a train with dark windows, |
| [04:08.08] | so nobody could see him. |
| [04:11.02] | Then we went in a cab to the country house. |
| [04:15.54] | There were a lot of trees near the house, |
| [04:18.95] | but no people lived near it. |
| [04:22.65] | A countryman brought food to the house everyday, |
| [04:26.45] | but no people came near it. |
| [04:30.17] | I stayed with him that night. |
| [04:33.18] | At night, it was very dark and quiet. |
| [04:38.39] | In the morning, hundreds of birds sang in the trees, |
| [04:43.11] | and everything outside the house was green. |
| [04:47.16] | Merrick walked under the big trees, |
| [04:50.59] | looking at things happily, |
| [04:52.93] | and singing his strange song. |
| [04:57.74] | I went back to London, |
| [05:00.08] | but Merrick stayed there for six weeks. |
| [05:03.60] | He was wonderfully happy. |
| [05:06.38] | Every week, he wrote me a letter. |
| [05:11.62] | Apple Tree House, |
| [05:14.25] | West Wickham, |
| [05:16.25] | Berkshire. |
| [05:18.36] | 21st July 1889 |
| [05:25.18] | Dear Dr Treves, |
| [05:28.71] | I had a wonderful day again today, |
| [05:33.12] | It was very warm, |
| [05:35.25] | so I walked under the trees and sat by a stream. |
| [05:41.93] | The water in the stream made a beautiful noise, |
| [05:46.86] | like singing. Did you know that? |
| [05:51.39] | I listened to it for two hours. |
| [05:56.17] | Lots of little birds came near me . |
| [06:00.47] | One had a red body in front, and a brown back. |
| [06:06.26] | I gave it some bread, and it sat on my hand. |
| [06:12.50] | A lot of birds are my friends, now. |
| [06:17.58] | I watched the fish in the stream, too. |
| [06:22.10] | They were very exciting, |
| [06:24.91] | because they move very fast. |
| [06:28.72] | One minute they were there, |
| [06:31.51] | and the next minute I couldn' t see them. |
| [06:35.82] | But I waited quietly, and they always came back. |
| [06:42.09] | I put my hand in the water, |
| [06:45.34] | but I couldn' t touch them. |
| [06:49.16] | I met a big dog yesterday. |
| [06:52.69] | It made a very loud noise, |
| [06:56.09] | but I was not afraid. |
| [06:59.43] | I sat down quietly and looked it, |
| [07:04.26] | and it came and smelt my hand. |
| [07:08.46] | I saw it again today, and gave it some bread. |
| [07:14.17] | It likes me now. |
| [07:17.84] | I am going to put some flowers from the country in this letter. |
| [07:24.17] | There are hundreds of flowers here. Did you know that? |
| [07:30.38] | I like the little blue ones best, |
| [07:34.29] | but they are all beautiful. |
| [07:37.74] | I have lots of them in my room. |
| [07:41.29] | I give them water every morning. |
| [07:45.50] | Little flowers are very thirsty, you know! |
| [07:49.88] | I am very happy here, doctor, |
| [07:53.69] | but I want to see you again soon, too. |
| [07:58.04] | With love from your friend, |
| [08:01.55] | Joseph Merrick |
| [08:05.80] | At the end of the summer he came back to London. |
| [08:10.77] | He was very well, and his skin looked much better. |
| [08:16.21] | He talked about the country a lot, |
| [08:19.44] | but he was happy to see his friends and his books again, too. |
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