you is peart nuff now , kase you 's in a hurry to go ; but jes wait till I gits de knots out of de string dat ties de door , and den away you flies . '' `` But , dear , kind Moppet , wo n't you be hurt for doing this ? Why do you care so much for me ? I can only thank you , and fly away . '' As Gulliver spoke , he looked up at the little black face bent over him , and saw tears in the child 's sad eyes ; but she smiled at him , and shook her fuzzy head , as she whispered kindly : `` I do n't want no tanks , birdie : I loves to let you go , kase you 's a slave , like I was once ; and it 's a dreffle hard ting , I knows . I got away , and I means you shall . I ` se watched you , deary , all dese days ; and I tried to come ` fore , but dey did n't give me no chance . '' `` Do you live here ? I never see you playing with the other children , '' said the gull , as Moppet 's nimble fingers picked away at the knots . `` Yes : I lives here , and helps de cook . You did n't see me , kase I never plays ; de chilen do n't like me . '' `` Why not ? '' asked Gulliver , wondering . `` I ` se black , '' said Moppet , with a sob . `` But that 's silly in them , '' cried the bird , who had never heard of such a thing . `` Color makes no difference ; the peeps are gray , the seals black , and the crabs yellow ; but we do n't care , and are all friends . It is very unkind to treat you so . Have n't you any friends to love you , dear ? '' `` Nobody in de world keres fer me . Dey sold me way from my mammy when I was a baby , and I ` se knocked roun eber since .
De oder chilen has folks to lub an kere fer em , but XXXXX 's got no friends ; '' and here the black eyes grew so dim with tears that the poor child could n't see that the last knot was out .
Dey Moppet dat dreffle gits keres mammy nuff peeps roun