Literature
Newsies Speech
(Speaker walks on stage, stands behind the lectern)
I'm a Newsie you can trust. Ain't no denying that.
Been hawkin' papes since I was old enough to walk, helping folks catch up on the latest. Been standing on soap boxes on street corners for years. Been strainin' my voice, asking folks to 'Read all about it!' when I can barely reads myself. We all have been. We've been bringing New York the World in more ways than one for the longest time. But none of us, from the littlest Newsie to the oldest paperboy in Queens can remember a time when things was this bad, when we was this poor, when we was in so much trouble.
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