text_original: His face showed that his struggle in the world had not been easy, for he had to be working from the time he got up until he went to bed; and then when the harvest had been bad, and the winter much longer than usual, and everything seemed to go wrong  ah! it was so hard then to see the mother and the little ones have only bark bread to eat, and not always enough of that, and one winter they had had nothing else for months. Erik wouldn't have minded for himself, but for them
text_transcription: HIS FACE SHOWED THAT HIS STRUGGLE IN THE WORLD HAD NOT BEEN EASY FOR HE HAD TO BE WORKING FROM THE TIME HE GOT UP UNTIL HE WENT TO BED AND THEN WHEN THE HARVEST HAD BEEN BAD AND THE WINTER MUCH LONGER THAN USUAL AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO GO WRONG AH IT WAS SO HARD THEN TO SEE THE MOTHER AND THE LITTLE ONES HAVE ONLY BARK BREAD TO EAT AND NOT ALWAYS ENOUGH OF THAT AND ONE WINTER THEY HAD HAD NOTHING ELSE FOR MONTHS ERIC WOULDN'T HAVE MINDED FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR THEM
phonemes: hɪz fˈeɪs ʃˈoʊd ðæt hɪz stɹˈʌɡəl ɪnðə wˈɜːld hæd nˌɑːt bˌɪn ˈiːzi, fɔːɹ hiː hædtə biː wˈɜːkɪŋ fɹʌmðə tˈaɪm hiː ɡɑːt ˌʌp ʌntˈɪl hiː wɛnt tə bˈɛd; ænd ðˈɛn wɛn ðə hˈɑːɹvɪst hɐdbɪn bˈæd, ænd ðə wˈɪntɚ mˈʌtʃ lˈɔŋɡɚ ðɐn jˈuːʒuːəl, ænd ˈɛvɹɪθˌɪŋ sˈiːmd tə ɡˌoʊ ɹˈɔŋ ˈɑː! ɪt wʌz sˌoʊ hˈɑːɹd ðˈɛn tə sˈiː ðə mˈʌðɚ ænd ðə lˈɪɾəl wˈʌnz hæv ˈoʊnli bˈɑːɹk bɹˈɛd tʊ ˈiːt, ænd nˌɑːt ˈɔːlweɪz ɪnˈʌf ʌv ðˈæt, ænd wˈʌn wˈɪntɚ ðeɪ hæd hæd nˈʌθɪŋ ˈɛls fɔːɹ mˈʌnθs. ˈɛɹɪk wˌʊdəntəv mˈaɪndᵻd fɔːɹ hɪmsˈɛlf, bˌʌt fɔːɹ ðˌɛm