text_original: At this the little man grinned and shook his head, but said not a word in reply, only begging and praying the more to get loose. The farmer thought he must now entreat him if he would coax any information out of him. But it was all to no purpose. He then adopted the contrary method, and whipped and slashed him, but just to as little effect. The little black thing remained as dumb as the grave, for this species is the most malicious and obstinate of all the underground folk.
text_transcription: AT THIS THE LITTLE MAN GRINNED AND SHOOK HIS HEAD BUT SAID NOT A WORD IN REPLY ONLY BEGGING AND PRAYING THE MORE TO GET LOOSE THE FARMER THOUGHT HE MUST NOW ENTREAT HIM IF HE WOULD COAX ANY INFORMATION OUT OF HIM BUT IT WAS ALL TO NO PURPOSE HE THEN ADOPTED THE CONTRARY METHOD AND WHIPPED AND SLASHED HIM BUT JUST TO AS LITTLE EFFECT THE LITTLE BLACK THING REMAINED AS THUMB AS THE GRAVE FOR THIS SPECIES IS THE MOST MALICIOUS AND OBSTINATE OF ALL THE UNDERGROUND FOLK
phonemes: æt ðɪs ðə lˈɪɾəl mˈæn ɡɹˈɪnd ænd ʃˈʊk hɪz hˈɛd, bˌʌt sˈɛd nˌɑːɾə wˈɜːd ɪn ɹᵻplˈaɪ, ˈoʊnli bˈɛɡɪŋ ænd pɹˈeɪɪŋ ðə mˈɔːɹ tə ɡɛt lˈuːs. ðə fˈɑːɹmɚ θˈɔːt hiː mˈʌst nˈaʊ ɛntɹˈiːt hˌɪm ɪf hiː wʊd kˈoʊks ˌɛni ˌɪnfɚmˈeɪʃən ˌaʊɾəv hˌɪm. bˌʌt ɪt wʌz ˈɔːl tə nˈoʊ pˈɜːpəs. hiː ðˈɛn ɐdˈɑːptᵻd ðə kˈɑːntɹɛɹi mˈɛθəd, ænd wˈɪpt ænd slˈæʃt hˌɪm, bˌʌt dʒˈʌst tʊ æz lˈɪɾəl ɪfˈɛkt. ðə lˈɪɾəl blˈæk θˈɪŋ ɹᵻmˈeɪnd æz dˈʌm æz ðə ɡɹˈeɪv, fɔːɹ ðɪs spˈiːsiːz ɪz ðə mˈoʊst mɐlˈɪʃəs ænd ˈɑːbstᵻnət ʌv ˈɔːl ðɪ ˈʌndɚɡɹˌaʊnd fˈoʊk.