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Three Roosters Sitting on Cracker Box.
 動物的叫聲，如模仿者很喜歡模仿的公雞叫聲
  

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理奇 表演"動物模仿"，1941

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 您認為模仿者的年齡有多大？您相信其中有些模仿者還只是個小孩嗎？雖然有些模仿者是成年人，而且能呈現逼真、生動的表演，但有些年輕人學習模仿只是純為好玩。理奇 (Donald Leach) 是一個業餘模仿家，擅長模仿動物的聲音。他錄製以下這段錄音時只有六歲大，您可以聽聽他的錄音內容；他所模仿的聲音也許是他經常聽到的聲音。您能否從這些聲音中判別出他的生活及居住地？

  
How old do you think most mimics were? Would you believe that some were just kids? Although some mimics were adult professionals and made a living performing, some youngsters did imitations just for fun. Donald Leach was an amateur mimic whose specialty was imitating animals. He was just six years old when he made the recording that you can listen to here. The sounds he mimicked were probably things he heard frequently. From these sounds, what can you guess about his life and where he lived?
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出處: Penfield, Edward, artist. "Three Roosters Sitting on Cracker Box." Between 1884 and 1925. Cabinet of American Illustration, Prints and Photographs, Library of Congress.
AUDIO CREDIT: Leach, Donald, performer. "Imitations of Animals." 1941/08/24. Voices from the Dust Bowl: the Charles L. Todd and Robert Sonkin Migrant Worker Collection, 1940-1941, Library of Congress.