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Alice's adventures in wonderland
"You are old, Father William" the young man said
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you thin, at your age, it is right?"
"And your hair has become very white;
And yet you incessantly stand on your head—
Do you thin, at your age, it is right?"
"In my youth," Father William replied to his son,
"I feared it might injure the brain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none.
Why, I do it again and again,"
"I feared it might injure the brain;
But, now that I'm perfectly sure I have none.
Why, I do it again and again,"
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"You are old," said the youth, "as I mentioned before.
And have grown most uncommonly fat;
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door—
Fray, what is the reason of that?"
And have grown most uncommonly fat;
Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door—
Fray, what is the reason of that?"
"In my youth" said the sage, as he shoo his grey locs,
"I Kept all my limbs very supple
By the use of this ointment—one shilling the box—
Allow me to sell you a couple?"
"I Kept all my limbs very supple
By the use of this ointment—one shilling the box—
Allow me to sell you a couple?"
