text_original: As it would be mere waste of life were the parent worm to expel her young where there is no likeli  hood of their finding water, she usually travels to the lower part of the lower extremities and there waits patiently, prepared to respond at once to the signal supplied by the immersion of the foot, that her oppor  tunity has arrived. This signal given, her young are promptly spewed, as it were, from her mouth and securely launched into their proper element. This sounds like fiction.
text_transcription: AS IT WOULD BE MERE WASTE OF LIFE WERE THE PARENT WORM TO EXPEL HER YOUNG WHERE THERE IS NO LIKELIHOOD OF THEIR FINDING WATER SHE USUALLY TRAVELS TO THE LOWER PART OF THE LOWER EXTREMITIES AND THERE WAITS PATIENTLY PREPARED TO RESPOND AT ONCE TO THE SIGNAL SUPPLIED BY THE IMMERSION OF THE FOOT THAT HER OPPORTUNITY HAS ARRIVED THIS SIGNAL GIVEN HER YOUNG ARE PROMPTLY SPEWED AS IT WERE FROM HER MOUTH AND SECURELY LAUNCHED INTO THEIR PROPER ELEMENT THIS SOUNDS LIKE FICTION
phonemes: æz ɪt wʊd biː mˈɪɹ wˈeɪst ʌv lˈaɪf wɜː ðə pˈɛɹənt wˈɜːm tʊ ɛkspˈɛl hɜː jˈʌŋ wˌɛɹ ðɛɹ ɪz nˈoʊ lˈaɪkli hˈʊd ʌv ðɛɹ fˈaɪndɪŋ wˈɔːɾɚ, ʃiː jˈuːʒuːəli tɹˈævəlz tə ðə lˈoʊɚ pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə lˈoʊɚɹ ɛkstɹˈɛmᵻɾiz ænd ðɛɹ wˈeɪts pˈeɪʃəntli, pɹɪpˈɛɹd tə ɹᵻspˈɑːnd ɐtwˈʌns tə ðə sˈɪɡnəl səplˈaɪd baɪ ðɪ ɪmˈɜːʒən ʌvðə fˈʊt, ðæt hɜːɹ ˈɑːpɚ tˈuːnᵻɾi hɐz ɚɹˈaɪvd. ðɪs sˈɪɡnəl ɡˈɪvən, hɜː jˈʌŋ ɑːɹ pɹˈɑːmptli spjˈuːd, æz ɪt wɜː, fɹʌm hɜː mˈaʊθ ænd sᵻkjˈʊɹli lˈɑːntʃt ˌɪntʊ ðɛɹ pɹˈɑːpɚɹ ˈɛlɪmənt. ðɪs sˈaʊndz lˈaɪk fˈɪkʃən.