text_original: You can picture a native boy spilling some of this liquid on his foot, then covering it, as he might with a mud pie, and when it dried wiggling his toes to find that, he had the first and perhaps the best fitting gum shoe that ever was made.
text_transcription: YOU CAN PICTURE A NATIVE BOY SPILLING SOME OF THIS LIQUID ON HIS FOOT THEN COVERING IT AS HE MIGHT WITH A MUDPIE AND WHEN IT DRIED WIGGLING HIS TOES TO FIND THAT HE HAD MADE THE FIRST AND PERHAPS THE BEST FITTING GUM SHOE THAT EVER WAS MADE
phonemes: juː kæn pˈɪktʃɚɹ ɐ nˈeɪɾɪv bˈɔɪ spˈɪlɪŋ sˌʌm ʌv ðɪs lˈɪkwɪd ˌɔn hɪz fˈʊt, ðˈɛn kˈʌvɚɹɪŋ ɪt, æz hiː mˌaɪt wɪð ɐ mˈʌd pˈaɪ, ænd wɛn ɪt dɹˈaɪd wˈɪɡlɪŋ hɪz tˈoʊz tə fˈaɪnd ðˈæt, hiː hæd ðə fˈɜːst ænd pɚhˈæps ðə bˈɛst fˈɪɾɪŋ ɡˈʌm ʃˈuː ðæt ˈɛvɚ wʌz mˈeɪd.