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The Zankiwank
word that she could never fully comprehend the meaning.
Willie was silent too, like his sister, and seeing them deep in thought, King Æsop waved a little wand he had in his hand, and all the Birds and Beasts and Fishes joined hands and paws, and fins and wings, and danced in a circle singing to the music of a quantity of piping birds in the trees:—
If you want to be merry and wise,
You must all be as bright as you can,
You never must quarrel,
Or spoil a right moral,
But live on a regular plan.
You must read, write and arith-metise,
Or you’ll never grow up to be good;
And you mustn’t say “Won’t,”
Or “I shan’t” and “I don’t,”
Or disturb the Indicative Mood.
You must all be as bright as you can,
You never must quarrel,
Or spoil a right moral,
But live on a regular plan.
You must read, write and arith-metise,
Or you’ll never grow up to be good;
And you mustn’t say “Won’t,”
Or “I shan’t” and “I don’t,”
Or disturb the Indicative Mood.
So round about the Knowledge Tree,
Each boy and girl must go,
Each boy and girl must go,
