Ah-mo's Code

Ah-mo and Ah- moe, returning from English classes...

"Spelling 这样写不会 special leh... 我懂了er! 我要换er..." Ah-mo declared, out of a sudden.

"'mo' 很重要, 很好看, 很厉害er... 每次有'm', 后面加一个'o' er... Then 'w' 前面也要加一个'o' er... 'ow' 倒过来也像'mo' er!"Ah-mo said, as he took out the day's readings and started adding to it.

Original text:
A very simple nursery rhyme: Old MacDonald

Old MacDonald had a farm,
Ee i ee i oh!
And on his farm he had some chicks,
Ee i ee i oh!
With a cluck-cluck here,
And a cluck-cluck there
Here a cluck, there a cluck,
Everywhere a cluck-cluck
Old MacDonald had a farm
Ee i ee i oh!
...

New text:
A very simople nursery rhymoe: Old MoacDonald

Old MoacDonald had a farmo,
Ee i ee i oh!
And on his farmo he had somoe chicks,
Ee i ee i oh!
oWith a cluck-cluck here,
And a cluck-cluck there
Here a cluck, there a cluck,
Everyowhere a cluck-cluck
Old MoacDonald had a farmo
Ee i ee i oh!
...

Ah-moe's Code

"Jed... 我也要er!" Ah-moe

"'e' 前面要加一个'o' er... 还有, 'h'后面加'oo' er... 'oe' 好看er, 不像'mo' 这样难看... And 'hoo' 很重要er... Then 'v' 前面也要'3ov' er. 变成 '3ovv' er. Special er! Humph!" he said, as he snatched away Ah-mo's text and started adding to it too.

Ah-mo's text:
A very simople nursery rhymoe: Old MoacDonald

Old MoacDonald had a farmo,
Ee i ee i oh!
And on his farmo he had somoe chicks,
Ee i ee i oh!
oWith a cluck-cluck here,
And a cluck-cluck there
Here a cluck, there a cluck,
Everyowhere a cluck-cluck
Old MoacDonald had a farmo
Ee i ee i oh!
...

New Text:
A 3ovvoery simoploe nursoery rhooymoe: Old MoacDonald

Old MoacDonald hooad a farmo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois farmo hoooe hooad somooe chooicks,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a cluck-cluck hoooeroe,
And a cluck-cluck thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a cluck, thoooeroe a cluck,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a cluck-cluck
Old MoacDonald hooad a farmo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

Ah-moo's Code

Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Ah-moo also suggested "这样'm'前面也加'oo' lah!"

Ah-moe's Text:
A 3ovvoery simoploe nursoery rhooymoe: Old MoacDonald

Old MoacDonald hooad a farmo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois farmo hoooe hooad somooe chooicks,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a cluck-cluck hoooeroe,
And a cluck-cluck thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a cluck, thoooeroe a cluck,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a cluck-cluck
Old MoacDonald hooad a farmo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

New Text:
A 3ovvoery sioomoploe nursoery rhooyoomoe: Old ooMoacDonald

Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois faroomo hoooe hooad sooomooe chooicks,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a cluck-cluck hoooeroe,
And a cluck-cluck thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a cluck, thoooeroe a cluck,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a cluck-cluck
Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

Ah-mui and Ah-pui's Code

"Oei! 我们也要换 hor!" Not wanting to lose out to the others, Ah-pui wanted modifications for the Hoo code too...

"'u'的后面要加一个'i'... 这样才好看... 你们的都很烂的，不好看的hor? Ah-mui?"

Ah-mui added," 'e'后面要加'r'... 你们每一次用'er'... 很重要er..."

So now, the new code as follows:

Ah-moo's text:
A 3ovvoery sioomoploe nursoery rhooyoomoe: Old ooMoacDonald

Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois faroomo hoooe hooad sooomooe chooicks,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a cluck-cluck hoooeroe,
And a cluck-cluck thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a cluck, thoooeroe a cluck,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a cluck-cluck
Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

New text:
A 3ovvoerry sioomoploer nuirsoerry rhooyoomoer: Old ooMoacDonald

Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo,
oEroer i oeoer i ohoo!
And on hoois faroomo hoooer hooad sooomooer chooicks,
oEroer i oeoer i ohoo!
oWithoo a cluick-cluick hoooerroer,
And a cluick-cluick thoooeroer
Hoooerroer a cluick, thoooerroer a cluick,
oErvoerryowhoooerroer a cluick-cluick
Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo
oEroer i oeroer i ohoo!
...

The Final Touch

Then as Ah-moe looked at the finished product, he found something lacking... As if the code lacked character. So he insisted... After all the other changes, at the end of every paragraph, there must be a "Humph!" added.

Ah-mui and Ah-pui's Text:
A 3ovvoerry sioomoploer nuirsoerry rhooyoomoer: Old ooMoacDonald

Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois faroomo hoooe hooad sooomooe chooicks,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a cluick-cluick hoooeroe,
And a cluick-cluick thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a cluick, thoooeroe a cluick,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a cluick-cluick
Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

New Text:
A 3ovvoerry sioomoploer nuirsoerry rhooyoomoer: Old ooMoacDonald

Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois faroomo hoooe hooad sooomooe chooicks,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a cluick-cluick hoooeroe,
And a cluick-cluick thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a cluick, thoooeroe a cluick,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a cluick-cluick
Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

Humph!

Moti-fied MacDonald

Now, everyone sat there in resignation, and peered at the text, with lots of scribbles on it... And with a pencil to cancel away the excess letters...

A 3ovvoerry sioomoploer nuirsoerry rhooyoomoer: Old ooMoacDonald

Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois faroomo hoooe hooad sooomooe chooicks,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a cluick-cluick hoooeroe,
And a cluick-cluick thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a cluick, thoooeroe a cluick,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a cluick-cluick
Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

Humph!

Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois faroomo hoooe hooad sooomooe duicks,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a quiack-quiack hoooeroe,
And a quiack-quiack thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a quiack, thoooeroe a quiack,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a quiack-quiack
Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

Humph!

Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois faroomo hoooe hooad sooomooe pigs,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a oeink-oeink hoooeroe,
And a oeink-oeink thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a oeink, thoooeroe a oeink,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a oeink-oeink
Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

Humph!

Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
And on hoois faroomo hoooe hooad sooomooe coows,
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
oWithoo a oomooo-oomooo hoooeroe,
And a oomooo-oomooo thoooeroe
Hoooeroe a oomooo, thoooeroe a oomooo,
oEvoeryowhoooeroe a oomooo-oomooo
Old ooMoacDonald hooad a faroomo
oEoe i oeoe i ohoo!
...

Humph!

Deciphering the Hoo Code

As a summary...

1. Add a 'o' after every 'm'
2. Add a 'o' before every 'w'
3. Add a 'o' before every 'e'
4. Add 'oo' after every 'h'
5. Add '30v' before every 'v'
6. Add 'oo' before every 'm'
7. Add 'i' after every 'u'
8. Add 'r' after every 'e'
9. Finally add a 'Humph!' after every paragraph

They also decided that their own names wouldn't be changed.
Imagine: Hoooo Ahoo-oomoooer !
...

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