text_original: They knew and acknowledged this. Each had the other two for companions; but as they reflected thus, they could not hinder their thoughts from casting forward into the future   perhaps not distant  when one of them might leave that valley without the aid of either rope ladders or balloons; and then another  leaving the last of the three lonely and forlorn!
text_transcription: THEY KNEW AND ACKNOWLEDGED THIS EACH HAD THE OTHER TWO FOR COMPANIONS BUT AS THEY REFLECTED THUS THEY COULD NOTNDER THEIR THOUGHTS FROM CASTING FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE PERHAPS NOT DISTANT WHEN ONE OF THEM MIGHT LEAVE THAT VALLEY WITHOUT THE AID OF EITHER ROPE LETTERS OR BALLOONS AND THEN ANOTHER LEAVING THE LAST OF THE THREE LONELY AND FORLORN
phonemes: ðeɪ nˈuː ænd ɐknˈɑːlɪdʒd ðˈɪs. ˈiːtʃ hæd ðɪ ˈʌðɚ tˈuː fɔːɹ kəmpˈæniənz; bˌʌt æz ðeɪ ɹᵻflˈɛktᵻd ðˈʌs, ðeɪ kʊd nˌɑːt hˈɪndɚ ðɛɹ θˈɔːts fɹʌm kˈæstɪŋ fˈɔːɹwɚd ˌɪntʊ ðə fjˈuːtʃɚ pɚhˈæps nˌɑːt dˈɪstənt wɛn wˈʌn ʌv ðˌɛm mˌaɪt lˈiːv ðæt vˈæli wɪðˌaʊt ðɪ ˈeɪd ʌv ˈiːðɚ ɹˈoʊp lˈædɚz ɔːɹ bəlˈuːnz; ænd ðˈɛn ɐnˈʌðɚ lˈiːvɪŋ ðə lˈæst ʌvðə θɹˈiː lˈoʊnli ænd fˈɔːɹlɔːɹn!