Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 296
! So Don Magicando took his standAt the westward door, with wand in hand.Suddenly came a whizzing sound;With a single wave he brought to the ground whirledIn Seven-League Boots around the world.I started in haste, as the cook can tell,And, bounding over the landscape, fellPlump in the Mediterranean… … The breathless Pedro, who fell with a thudSlid a few yards, then stopped in the mud. After his record-breaking flightPedro was but a sorry sight;He was splashed, bedraggled, tired, and torn,Speechless, travel-stained, and worn.And not till the Don had gone awayHad Pedro a single word to say;But…
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