Original Text:
- Mon bon ami, faites-moi le plaisir de signer cette pétition contre l'instruction obligatoire.
- Pardon, monsieur Basile, mais j'savons pas écrire.

Translation:
- My good man, please do me a favour and sign this petition against compulsory education!
- Very sorry, father Basil, but I don't know how to write.