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Their Eyes Were Watching God 40 163The lake was coming on. Slower and wider, but coming. Ithad trampled on most of its supporting wall and lowered its frontby spreading. But it came muttering and grumbling onward likea tired mammoth just the same."Dis is uh high tall house. Maybe it won't reach heah at all,"Janie counseled. "And if it do, maybe it won't reach tuh deupstairs part.""Janie, Lake Okechobee is forty miles wide and sixty mileslong. Dat's uh whole heap uh water. If dis wind is shovin' datwhole lake disa way, dis house ain't nothin' tuh swaller. Us bettergo. Motor Boat!""Whut you want, man?""De lake is comin'!""Aw, naw it 'tain't.""Yes, it is so comin'! Listen! You kin hear it way off.""It kin jus' come on. Ah'll wait right here.""Aw, get up, Motor Boat! Less make it tuh de Palm Beachroad. Dat's on uh fill. We'se pretty safe dere.""Ah'm safe here, man. Go ahead if yuh wants to. Ah'msleepy.""Whut you gointuh do if de lake reach heah?""Go upstairs.""S'posing it come up dere?""Swim, man. Dat's all.""Well, uh, Good bye, Motor Boat. Everything is pretty bad,yuh know. Us might git missed of one 'nother. You sho is a grandfriend fuh uh man tuh have.""Good bye, Tea Cake. Y'all oughta stay here and sleep, man.No use in goin' off and leavin' me lak dis.""We don't wanta. Come on wid us. It might be night timewhen de water hem you up in heah. Dat's how come Ah won'tstay. Come on, man."