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The narration moves between tender yet tense domestic moments, songs and gestures, and the pressures of boys’ conflict, teasing, and rules. Stephen’s interactions with authority figures and rough peers shape his sense of identity, vulnerability, and self-discipline, while recurring details and rhythmic language intensify the novel’s coming-of-age atmosphere.","A Portrait of the  \nArtist as a Young Man  \nBy By James Joycew  \nPublished by Planet eBook. Visit the site to download free eBooks of classic literature, books and novels.  \nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial 3.0 United States License.   \nChapter 1  \nOnce upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo...  \nHis father told him that story: his father looked at him through a glass: he had a hairy face.  \nHe was baby tuckoo. The moocow came down the road where Betty Byrne lived: she sold lemon platt.  \nO, the wild rose blossoms On the little green place.  \nHe sang that song. That was his song.  \nO, the green wothe botheth.  \nWhen you wet the bed first it is warm then it gets cold. His mother put on the oilsheet. That had the queer smell.  \nHis mother had a nicer smell than his father. She played on the piano the sailor’s hornpipe for him to dance. He danced:  \nTralala lala,  \nTralala tralaladdy,  \n[Free eBooks at](Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com)[ Planet eBook.com](Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com) 3  \nTralala lala,  \nTralala lala.  \nUncle Charles and Dante clapped. They were older than his father and mother but uncle Charles was older than Dante.  \nDante had two brushes in her press. The brush with the maroon velvet back was for Michael Davitt and the brush with the green velvet back was for Parnell. Dante gave him acachou every time he brought her a piece of tissue paper.  \nThe Vances lived in number seven. They had a different father and mother. They were Eileen’s father and mother. When they were grown up he was going to marry Eileen. He hid under the table. His mother said:  \n—O, Stephen will apologize.  \nDante said:  \n—O, if not, the eagles will come and pull out his eyes.—  \nPull out his eyes,  \nApologize,  \nApologize,  \nPull out his eyes.  \nApologize,  \nPull out his eyes,  \nPull out his eyes,  \nApologize.  \n*****  \nThe wide playgrounds were swarming with boys. All were  \n4 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man  \nshouting and the prefects urged them on with strong cries. The evening air was pale and chilly and after every charge and thud of the footballers the greasy leather orb flew like a heavy bird through the grey light. He kept on the fringe of his line, out of sight of his prefect, out of the reach of the rude feet, feigning to run now and then. He felt his body small and weak amid the throng of the players and his eyes were weak and watery. Rody Kickham was not like that: he would be captain of the third line all the fellows said.  \nRody Kickham was a decent fellow but Nasty Roche was a stink. Rody Kickham had greaves in his number and a hamper in the refectory. Nasty Roche had big hands. He called the Friday pudding dog-in-the-blanket. And one day he had asked:  \n—What is your name?  \nStephen had answered: Stephen Dedalus.  \nThen Nasty Roche had said:  \n—What kind of a name is that?  \nAnd when Stephen had not been able to answer Nasty Roche had asked:  \n—What is your father?  \nStephen had answered:  \n—A gentleman.  \nThen Nasty Roche had asked:  \n—Is he a magistrate?  \nHe crept about from point to point on the fringe of his line, making little runs now and then. But his hands were bluish with cold. He kept his hands in the side pockets of his belted grey suit. That was a belt round his pocket. And  \n[Free eBooks at](Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com)[ Planet eBook.com](Free eBooks at Planet eBook.com) 5  \nbelt was also to give a fellow a belt. One day a fellow said to Cantwell:  \n—I’d give you such a belt in a second.  \nCantwell had answered:  \n—Go and fight your match. Give Cecil Thunder a belt. I’d like to see you. He’d give you a toe in the rump for yourself.  \nThat was not a nice expression. His mother had told him not to speak with the rough boys in the college. Nice mother! 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