"I, TOO, HOPE SO," SAID HIS WIFE, WHO HAD JUST COME IN 113
NEARLY ALL HAD ONE LEG WHICH WAS MUCH LONGER THAN THE
OTHER, OR A VERY LONG ARM 115
HIS ELONGATED TAIL WAS TIED TO THE QUEUE OF HIS WIG 116
"BUT ONLY LOOK AT OUR ARMS AND LEGS" 117
EVEN MORE THAN THEY FEARED THE FLIES 118
REWARDS 119
THE DWARF HAD PULLED ON A PAIR OF BOOTS 120
THE ACCORDION-PLAYERS BEGAN 123
TENNIS 124
THE BALL HUNG UP THUS 125
TEA-COSY 128
"WE'RE WAITING FOR THE SUN TO GO DOWN" 129
SERVANTS OUT SHOPPING FOLLOWED IT WITH THEIR LADEN BASKETS
ON THEIR ARMS 131
HE THRUST HIS FACE INTO ROSES COVERED WITH DEW 132
THE EXECUTIONER BANDAGED HIS EYES 133
NEXT HE TOOK SOME OLD CARDBOARD BOXES 135
OPENED THEM AND SHUT THEM AGAIN 136
HIS YOUNG SON WAS THERE 137
THE BRINDLED RABBIT 138
HIS LITTLE PAW SHOVED A FOLDED SLIP OF PAPER THROUGH THE
OPENING 139
THEN THEY SANG A COMIC DUET 140
THEN THEY QUESTIONED A BLACK TOAD 141
AND FISH IN THE LITTLE RIVER IN THE AFTERNOON 142
THE THIN LONG ARM OF THE HISTORIAN 143
EXTRACTING FISH-BONES FROM THE BACK OF THE DESPOILER 147
THEY BORE A LARGE COPPER CAULDRON 148
THE ADMIRAL WAS A TRITON 149
THE WHITE DOLPHIN WITH PINK EYES 150
AN EXTREMELY CURIOUS FISH 151
"A BAND OF OUR RATS WILL EACH MORNING COPIOUSLY WATER OUR
FLEET" 153
WIGS WERE BUSY WRITING THEIR NAMES 154
A RED FLAG 155
"I HAVE DESTROYED A HUNDRED TIMES PASSING OVER IT IN MY
PRISON" 157
"I WAS CAUGHT STEPPING RIGHT OVER THEIR SILLY OLD DRY CANAL
WITH ONE STRIDE" 158
THE MANUFACTURER OF CARDBOARD BOXES 159
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