. Little folks in Busy-land . For his hat was a hundred and two feet wide,With ribbons and bibbons on every side,And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace,So that nobody ever could see the faceOf the Quangle Wangle Quee. -EDWARD LEAR. 103 Please explain all that, begged Clara. Oh,explanations take such a long time! replied StrongStork. Youll understand if we sing another verse. And to the crumpetty-treeCame the Stork, the Duck, and the Owl;The Snail and the Bumble-Bee,The Frog and the Fimble Fowl(The Fimble Fowl with a corkscrew leg);And all of them said, We humbly begWe may build our homes

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. Little folks in Busy-land . For his hat was a hundred and two feet wide,With ribbons and bibbons on every side,And bells, and buttons, and loops, and lace,So that nobody ever could see the faceOf the Quangle Wangle Quee. -EDWARD LEAR. 103 Please explain all that, begged Clara. Oh,explanations take such a long time! replied StrongStork. Youll understand if we sing another verse. And to the crumpetty-treeCame the Stork, the Duck, and the Owl;The Snail and the Bumble-Bee,The Frog and the Fimble Fowl(The Fimble Fowl with a corkscrew leg);And all of them said, We humbly begWe may build our homes on your lovely Hat-Mr. Quangle Wangle, grant us that!Mr. Quangle Wangle Quee! I dont understand it a bit better now, saidClara in a tone of great surprise. Why dont you? said Strong Stork. To usits as clear as—glass, he ended, laughing with glee. Look! There are Mrs. Pine and Mr. Pineand little Patty Pine, said Small Stork, pointingtoward the shore with one leg, while he balancedunsteadily on the 104

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