text_original: The cellar was really an island, just like Robinson Crusoe's; for Billy and Teddy had digged a ditch all round it, and filled it with water; but it was a very trying sort of an ocean, 'cause we had to fill it up every morning. [Illustration: BILLY WATCHING FOR SAVAGES.  DRAWN BY C. S. REINHART.] Teddy, who could whittle nicely, made some little canoes, and when Billy was looking through the hose for savages, it was Teddy's part to poke the canoes with a long stick like a fish pole, so they would float right in front of Billy's hose.
text_transcription: THE CELLAR WAS REALLY AN ISLAND JUST LIKE ROBIN'S ON CRUSOE'S FOR BILLY AND TEDDY HAD DIGGED A DITCH ALL AROUND IT AND FILLED IT WITH WATER BUT IT WAS A VERY TRYING SORT OF AN OCEAN CAUSE WE HAD TO FILL IT UP EVERY MORNING TEDDY WHO COULD WHITTLE NICELY MADE SOME LITTLE CANOES AND WHEN BILLY WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE HOSE FOR SAVAGES IT WAS TEDDY'S PART TO POKE THE CANOES WITH A LONG STICK LIKE A FISH POLE SO THEY WOULD FLOAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF BILLY'S HOSE
phonemes: ðə sˈɛlɚ wʌz ɹˈiəli ɐn ˈaɪlənd, dʒˈʌst lˈaɪk ɹˈɑːbɪnsən kɹˈuːsoʊz; fɔːɹ bˈɪli ænd tˈɛdi hæd dˈɪɡd ɐ dˈɪtʃ ˈɔːl ɹˈaʊnd ɪt, ænd fˈɪld ɪt wɪð wˈɔːɾɚ; bˌʌt ɪt wʌzɐ vˈɛɹi tɹˈaɪɪŋ sˈɔːɹt əvən ˈoʊʃən, kˈɔːz wiː hædtə fˈɪl ɪɾ ˌʌp ˈɛvɹi mˈɔːɹnɪŋ. [ˌɪləstɹˈeɪʃən: bˈɪli wˈɑːtʃɪŋ fɔːɹ sˈævɪdʒᵻz.  dɹˈɔːn baɪ sˈiː. ˈɛs. ɹˈaɪnhɑːɹt.] tˈɛdi, hˌuː kʊd wˈɪɾəl nˈaɪsli, mˌeɪd sˌʌm lˈɪɾəl kənˈuːz, ænd wɛn bˈɪli wʌz lˈʊkɪŋ θɹuː ðə hˈoʊz fɔːɹ sˈævɪdʒᵻz, ɪt wʌz tˈɛdiz pˈɑːɹt tə pˈoʊk ðə kənˈuːz wɪð ɐ lˈɔŋ stˈɪk lˈaɪk ɐ fˈɪʃ pˈoʊl, sˌoʊ ðeɪ wʊd flˈoʊt ɹˈaɪt ɪn fɹˈʌnt ʌv bˈɪliz hˈoʊz.