Python Shuffle Text

gistfile1.txt

#!/usr/bin/python

import sys
import random

text = sys.stdin.read()
text = text.split()

new_text = ""

for word in text:
    #print str(len(word))
    if len(word) > 3:
        if word[-1] in ",.!?-":            
            mumble = list(word[1:-2])
            random.shuffle(mumble)
            new_word = (word[0] + ''.join(mumble) + word[-2:])
            new_text += (new_word + " " )
        else:
            mumble = list(word[1:-1])
            random.shuffle(mumble)
            new_word = (word[0] + ''.join(mumble) + word[-1])
            new_text += (new_word + " " )
    else:
        #mumble = list(word)
        #random.shuffle(mumble)
        #new_word = ''.join(mumble)
        #new_text += (new_word + " " ) 
        new_text += (word + " " ) 

sys.stdout.write(new_text)