text_original: "I am afraid I did not specially notice." "Awhile ago they were full of bloom, and lovely. And when I took them in hand they were a wilderness. Nobody had touched them for ever so long. I had a job of it. But it paid."
text_transcription: I AM AFRAID I DID NOT SPECIALLY NOTICE A WHILE AGO THEY WERE FULL OF BLOOM AND LOVELY AND WHEN I TOOK THEM IN HAND THEY WERE A WILDERNESS NOBODY HAD TOUCHED THEM FOR EVER SO LONG I HAD A JOB OF IT BUT IT PAID
phonemes: "aɪɐm ɐfɹˈeɪd aɪ dɪdnˌɑːt spˈɛʃəli nˈoʊɾɪs." "ɐwˈaɪl ɐɡˈoʊ ðeɪ wɜː fˈʊl ʌv blˈuːm, ænd lˈʌvli. ænd wɛn aɪ tˈʊk ðˌɛm ɪn hˈænd ðeɪ wɜːɹ ɐ wˈɪldɚnəs. nˈoʊbɑːdi hæd tˈʌtʃt ðˌɛm fɔːɹ ˈɛvɚ sˌoʊ lˈɔŋ. aɪ hæd ɐ dʒˈɑːb ʌv ɪt. bˌʌt ɪt pˈeɪd."