Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 82
ed his appetite).And so it went, until one dayHe met Sir Fox, who stopped to(Keeping just far enough awayYet in a casual, off-hand way,As if he did nt care a fig), Good morning to you, Thingumjig. say Of course he was not going to showThere was a word he did not know.He bowed, and with his… … Now everybody, small and big,Knows what is meant by Thingumjig;But what is now a household wordIn those days never had been heard.Sir Fox himself invented itThis great emergency to fit. The King of Beasts, quite unpreparedFor this reception, simply stared. His anger then would only showHere was a…
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