text_original: I could not leave Polly Ann alone. There was nothing for it but to wait. Silently, that the children might not be waked and lurking savage might not hear, we put the powder and bullets in the middle of the room and loaded the guns and pistols. For Polly Ann had learned to shoot. She took the loopholes of two sides of the cabin, I of the other two, and then began the fearful watching and waiting which the frontier knows so well.
text_transcription: I COULD NOT LEAVE POLLYANNE ALONE THERE WAS NOTHING FOR IT BUT TO WAIT SILENTLY THAT THE CHILDREN MIGHT NOT BE WIGGED AND LURKING SAVAGE MIGHT NOT YEAR WE PUT THE POWDER AND BULLETS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM AND LOADED THE GUNS AND PISTOLS FOR POLLY ANNE HAD LEARNED TO SHOOT SHE TOOK THE LOOPHOLES OF ONE SIDE OF THE CABIN I OF THE OTHER TWO AND THEN BEGAN THE FEARFUL WATCHING AND WAITING WHICH THE FRONTIER KNOWS SO WELL
phonemes: aɪ kʊd nˌɑːt lˈiːv pˈɑːli ˈæn ɐlˈoʊn. ðɛɹwˌʌz nˈʌθɪŋ fɔːɹ ɪt bˌʌt tə wˈeɪt. sˈaɪləntli, ðætðə tʃˈɪldɹən mˌaɪt nˌɑːt biː wˈeɪkt ænd lˈɜːkɪŋ sˈævɪdʒ mˌaɪt nˌɑːt hˈɪɹ, wiː pˌʊt ðə pˈaʊdɚ ænd bˈʊlɪts ɪnðə mˈɪdəl ʌvðə ɹˈuːm ænd lˈoʊdᵻd ðə ɡˈʌnz ænd pˈɪstəlz. fɔːɹ pˈɑːli ˈæn hæd lˈɜːnd tə ʃˈuːt. ʃiː tˈʊk ðə lˈuːphoʊlz ʌv tˈuː sˈaɪdz ʌvðə kˈæbɪn, aɪ ʌvðɪ ˈʌðɚ tˈuː, ænd ðˈɛn bɪɡˈæn ðə fˈɪɹfəl wˈɑːtʃɪŋ ænd wˈeɪɾɪŋ wˌɪtʃ ðə fɹʌntˈɪɹ nˈoʊz sˌoʊ wˈɛl.