Raymond Queneau's Animism

Raymond Queneau's Exercises in Style - Animism

A soft, brown hat with a dent in his middle, his brim turned down, a plaited cord round his crown, one hat among many others, jumping only when the bumps in the road were transmitted to him by the wheels of the automobile vehicle which was transporting him (the hat). At each stop the comings and goings of the passengers caused hime to make certain lateral movements which at times were fairly pronounced, and this ended his ire by the intermediary of a human voice which was attached to him by a mass of flesh structurally disposed round a sort of bony sphere perforated by a few holes, which was situated below him (the hat). Then he (the hat) suddenly went and sat down.

One or tow hours later I saw him (the hat) again, moving about at roughly I m. 66cm. again, above the ground and up and down in front of the gate Saint-Lazare. A friend was advising home to an extra button put on his overcoat ... an extra button ... on his overcoat ... to tell him that ... him ... (the hat).

References 
Animism, Exercises in Style by Raymond Queneau, page48 - 49. Retrieved from http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=3aPbGd3hkBAC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false