And his little girl-daughter 's name was Taffimai Metallumai , and that means , ` Small-person-without-any-manners-who-ought-to-be-spanked ' ; but I 'm going to call her Taffy . And she was Tegumai Bopsulai 's Best Beloved and her own Mummy 's Best Beloved , and she was not spanked half as much as was good for her ; and they were all three very happy . As soon as Taffy could run about she went everywhere with her Daddy Tegumai , and sometimes they would not come home to the Cave till they were hungry , and then Teshumai Tewindrow would say , ` Where in the world have you two been to , to get so shocking dirty ? Really , my Tegumai , you 're no better than my Taffy . ' Now attend and listen ! One day Tegumai Bopsulai went down through the beaver-swamp to the Wagai river to spear carp-fish for dinner , and Taffy went too . Tegumai 's spear was made of wood with shark 's teeth at the end , and before he had caught any fish at all he accidentally broke it clean across by jabbing it down too hard on the bottom of the river . They were miles and miles from home -LRB- of course they had their lunch with them in a little bag -RRB- , and Tegumai had forgotten to bring any extra spears . ` Here 's a pretty kettle of fish ! ' said Tegumai . ` It will take me half the day to mend this . ' ` There 's your big black spear at home , ' said Taffy . ` Let me run back to the Cave and ask Mummy to give it me . ' ` It 's too far for your little fat legs , ' said Tegumai . ` Besides , you might fall into the beaver-swamp and be drowned . We must make the best of a bad job . ' He sat down and took out a little leather mendy-bag , full of reindeer-sinews and strips of leather , and lumps of bee 's - wax and resin , and began to mend the spear . Taffy sat down too , with her toes in the water and her chin in her hand , and thought very hard . Then she said -- ' I say , Daddy , it 's an awful nuisance that you and I do n't know how to write , is n't it ? If we did we could send a message for the new spear . '
` Taffy , ' said XXXXX , ` how often have I told you not to use slang ?
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