- 1. How Jack Found That Beans May Go Back On A Chap
Without the slightest basis
For hypochondriasis
A widow had forebodings which a cloud around her flung,
And with expression cynical
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- 2. How Rumplestilz Held Out In Vain For A Bonus
In Germany there lived an earl
Who had a charming niece:
And never gave the timid girl
A single moment's peace!
...
- 3. The Sycophantic Fox And The Gullible Raven
A raven sat upon a tree,
And not a word he spoke, for
His beak contained a piece of Brie,
Or, maybe, it was Roquefort:
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- 4. The Iconoclastic Rustic And The Apropos Acorn
Reposing 'neath some spreading trees,
A populistic bumpkin
Amused himself by offering these
Reflections on a pumpkin:
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- 5. The Urban Rat And The Suburban Rat
A metropolitan rat invited
His country cousin in town to dine:
The country cousin replied, "Delighted."
And signed himself, "Sincerely thine."
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- 6. How The Babes In The Wood Showed They Couldn't Be Beaten
A man of kind and noble mind
Was H. Gustavus Hyde.
'Twould be amiss to add to this
At present, for he died,
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- 7. The Domineering Eagle And The Inventive Bratling
O'er a small suburban borough
Once an eagle used to fly,
Making observations thorough
From his station in the sky,
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