eir roles are to be reversed. "The Huron did not turn a hair" (Voltaire, 191). But does speak his mind whenthe questions were coming too fast. He simply and clearly tells them,"Gentlemen, where I come from, people take it in turns to speak" (Voltaire,191). Upon questioning him, they find out that he has no particular religion. He isn't Catholic as they had felt that the Jesuit Fathers might have convertedhim to being. This is when they ultimately decide "We will baptize him"(Voltaire, 194), and were ready to make him one of them. Taken aback, the Childof Nature lets them know "that in England they let people live as they pleased"(Voltaire, 194). Upon preparing to depart, he leaves the Prior and Mademoisellewith his most valued possession, a little trinket that "consisted of two ratherpoorly drawn little portraits tied together with an extremely greasy strap(Voltaire, 195)". The Kerkabons think he is their nephew because the people inthe portraits looked like the brother and sister-in-law of the Abbe de Kerkabonand Mademoiselle de Kerkabon. Thus after this assumption, the Kerkabons teachhim their way of living. The Child of Nature comes to be taught by the French, whom almost successfullyrub their religion off on him. He is rather shy still, but questions why theydon't live up to what the Bible says. He is ready to be castrated, becauseeveryone in the Bible is, but they tell him that it is no longer done. When theday finally comes for him to be baptized, he is nowhere to be found. When theywere about to give up looking for him, they find him standing naked in a coldriver waiting to be baptized. He becomes frustrated with them because of thishypocrisy. "You're not going to pull the wool over my eyes this time the wayyou did the last. I've gone into things a lot since then, and I am quitecertain that there is no other way of being baptized"(Voltaire, 202). His viewon the French's lifestyle is "I defy you to show me in ...
