. Clara In Blunderland. aid, I should How horrid of him, said Clara, indignantly. What would become of you, then ? Well, said Crumpty-Bumpty, with a wink, I have a card up my sleeve. The other dayI held a secret meeting to which the news-papers were invited—some of them—and I madethem promise that, whenever I fall, they willpatch me up somehow. And can they do it, do you think? askedClara. Of course they can. Newspaper people areso handy with paste and scissors. It would be very difficult, said Clara. Come! you had better let me help you off thewall. Im a very careful little girl, and
. Clara In Blunderland. aid, I should How horrid of him, said Clara, indignantly. What would become of you, then ? Well, said Crumpty-Bumpty, with a wink, I have a card up my sleeve. The other dayI held a secret meeting to which the news-papers were invited—some of them—and I madethem promise that, whenever I fall, they willpatch me up somehow. And can they do it, do you think? askedClara. Of course they can. Newspaper people areso handy with paste and scissors. It would be very difficult, said Clara. Come! you had better let me help you off thewall. Im a very careful little girl, and Im sureI should let you down more gently than somepeople I know. Would you really, my dear ? said Crumpty-Bumpty, and he put out his hand. But poorlittle Clara was not quite tall enough, and in Digitized by Google CRUMPTY-BUMPTY. 63 the effort to touch her fingers Crumpty-Bumptyoverbalanced, and fell with aCRASH !!!! to the hid her face, and began to cry a she opened her eyes again, she saw,. standing among a lot of broken egg-shell, twofat little men. They were so exactly alike thatno one could have told them apart except forthe names on their collars. Ah ! they exclaimed together, you didntexpect that, did you ? Thats what you call apolitical metamorphosis, that is. Digitized by Google 64 CRUMPTY-BUMPTY. Why, I do declare, cried Clara, youretwo dear little Crumpty-Bumpties,,, for shesaw the hyphen was still there, though it nowseemed to link the two men. How in theworld did you change like that? We were Crumpty-Bumpty, but we arenot now. We disown him, they said, to-gether. Im Twiddle-Thumb, said Twaddle-D, with a very big D, saidthe other. Im purely ornamental, said Twiddle-Thumb. Im perfectly useless, said Twaddle-D. Clara was rather confused, and did not quiteknow what to do. She was anxious, as always,to make herself pleasant. At last she said, Ishould think you were more comfortable whenyou were one person. It must be dreadfullyconfusi
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