Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 270
! Thus spake a lady elephant In her own far Siam;But Mr. Punjaub bore the news Just like a ponderous lamb. Till, one day, through their solitudesThere pierced a dreadful screech ! When, Mrs. Punjaub, fainting, caughtThe nearest branch in reach ! Right down upon their silent haunts There tore a… … He laid his ears back lightlyAs though he hardly heard, And took a second bite of treeBefore he spoke a word. These so-called men are pigmies! Pray, what can creatures doWho have no tusks, nor even trunks, Who re so inferior, too ?Once let them show their faces here - I 11 scatter them like chaff!…
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