Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 444
willlk One day a young cannibal came there to call;He stood in the doorway and loudly did^ bawl, Come out here, you sinner, I want you for dinner! And he gave such a laugh, this terrific young grinner,This cannibal come there to call. POLITE ABIJAH. 933 … fl« Abijah politely obeyed his request, But, said he, with a bow, I must really tfjfprotestAt so speedy a cookingWithout ever your looking,Kind sir, at my kite, into which I ve been hookingThis tail, and he bowed — I protest! And the first thing that hungry young cannibal Now just at this moment…
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