. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . youre early to bed,Youll be healthy, and wealthy, and wise. 133 KING TIME .. He ordered his coffee in slices, you know,And he drank buttered toast from, a cup; And the fact is he never retired at all,And he always refused to get up. Instead of attending to business, you know, Or joining the army to fight,He spent all the day in ridiculous play, And was constantly flying a kite. He wore a fur hat that came over his ears To keep the wind out of his brain,And his gaiters came up to the top of his head,And he carried a gold-headed cane. H
. King Time; or The mystical land of the hours, a fantasy . youre early to bed,Youll be healthy, and wealthy, and wise. 133 KING TIME .. He ordered his coffee in slices, you know,And he drank buttered toast from, a cup; And the fact is he never retired at all,And he always refused to get up. Instead of attending to business, you know, Or joining the army to fight,He spent all the day in ridiculous play, And was constantly flying a kite. He wore a fur hat that came over his ears To keep the wind out of his brain,And his gaiters came up to the top of his head,And he carried a gold-headed cane. He got up an almanac once on a time To amuse the Colonial folks,And he filled it with morsels of useful adviceAnd he packed it with horrible jokes. He hated the red-coats with all of his heart, And he simply detested a pun,And he never went out in the street after darkFor fear hed be struck by the sun. Ha, ha, ha ! laughed Mr. Three Oclock. Thatspretty good! Tells people to get up early so as to behealthy and wealthy and wise, and then sleeps all day! 134. KING TIME Now you see how much truth there is in the schoolbooks! Ha, ha, ha! said the Continental Imp. Youllhave to excuse me for laughing so, but I never knewthat Benjamin Franklin was so much like GeorgeWashington! So Benjamin Franklin was in the habitof lying too - * He was in the habit of lying down, said the hourwho had recited the verses. Well, its the same thing, said the ContinentalImp. The little boy was very anxious to change the sub-ject, for he did not like the freedom with which thesegreat historical characters were talked about, and as forthe poem, — he thought it was disgraceful. Cant you sing one of the old-fashioned songs ? hesaid to the Continental Imp, whereupon that gay littlehour took out his Continental handkerchief, and raisinghis little hand to his eye, wiped away a briny Continen-tal tear. I cannot, said he. Try, said the little boy. There was a moment of silence while they all waited,until finally,
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