t,
So he pulled his boat to shore
And vowed he'd sail the seas no more.

TRANSFORMATION

Auntie Ellen found her poodle--
Mercy! Goodness sake!--
Playing with the mully-wumps
Down along the lake.

And when she called him tenderly
He didn't want to come;
It took her over half an hour
To get the rascal home.

She washed him well with shaving-soap,
Pumice stone and lye,
She showered him and she scoured him
And she hung him up to dry.

And now he sits there quite serene,
The sweetest poodle ever seen.

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THE THIEF CHASE

Bricks and bones!
Sticks and stones!
I chased a thief through twenty zones.

I found his hat
On Ararat,
And hurried on as quick as scat.

In a day or two
I found his shoe
Where he had sailed for Timbuktu.

I met the goat
That ate his coat
Upon the road to Terre Haute.

At last all worn
And quite forlorn
I chased him up the Matterhorn.

SOMEBODY

Somebody give me a peanut,
Somebody give me a pear;
I want to go down to the circus
And feed all the animals there.

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CONSOLATION

A dime and a dollar
Took me by the collar
And whispered this word in my ear:

"We must leave you to-morrow,
But prithee don't sorrow,
We'll come back to see you next year."

THE ROBIN AND THE SQUIRREL

Said the Robin to the Squirrel,
"How d' you do?"
Said the Squirrel to the Robin,
"How are you?"
"Oh, I've got some cherry pies,
And a half a dozen flies,
And a kettle full of beetles on to stew."

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Said the Squirrel to the Robin,
"How d' you do?"
Said the Robin to the Squirrel,
"How are you?"
"I've a nest that's nice and neat,
And a wife that can't be beat,
And I'm every bit as happy now as you."

THE KING HAD A PLATTER

The King had a platter
Of brisket and batter,
The Prince had a Bellington bun,
The Queen had a rose
To put to her nose
As soon as the dinner was done.

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RAIN

The lightning split the sky in two
And set the clouds to leaking
Just as dear old Pastor Brown
Began his Sunday speaking.

He told about the awful rain
That fell in Noah's day,
And one by one the happy smiles
Began to fade away.

In half an hour the people all
Put on their rubber coats,