St Nicholas [serial] . I somehow could prevailOn the Kiwi of New Zealand to wed the I hardly like to ask him, he might think it rather the best thing I can think of is to manage to arrangeFor a Dancing CompetitionAnd a Public Exhibition,And offer to the winner Philomela for a bride;And the prize shall be awarded in the way that / , St. George he is for England, and St. Denis is for France,But the Kiwi s for New Zealand, and a splendid chap to dance. 334 THE DANCING KIWI So the Hoopoe sent out notices to all the birds he knew(The carrier-pigeons carried them
St Nicholas [serial] . I somehow could prevailOn the Kiwi of New Zealand to wed the I hardly like to ask him, he might think it rather the best thing I can think of is to manage to arrangeFor a Dancing CompetitionAnd a Public Exhibition,And offer to the winner Philomela for a bride;And the prize shall be awarded in the way that / , St. George he is for England, and St. Denis is for France,But the Kiwi s for New Zealand, and a splendid chap to dance. 334 THE DANCING KIWI So the Hoopoe sent out notices to all the birds he knew(The carrier-pigeons carried them from China to Peru),Saying, O-yez ! O-yez ! O-yez ! King Hoopoe doth proclaimA Dancing Competition, and invites you to the same. And to the winner he 11 a- Ward the Princess PhilomelaTo be his bride forever; but he thinks it only fairTo inform you that the Kiwi of New Zealand will be , St. George he is for England, and St. Denis is for France, [Feb., But the Kiwi s for New Zealand, and a splendid chap to i ll do a dance upon my head, and that ll make em talk. Perhaps you ve reckoned up the motes that in the sunbeams play;Perhaps you ve counted all the stars that form the Milky you never could imagine what a crowd could really beTill you sawJ;he birds arriving in their myriads oer the sea: Bobolink and cassowary, Toucan, puffin, and canary-All were awfully excited as to who was going to win,Though the Kiwi kept pretending that he did nt care a , St. George he is for England, and St. Denis is for France,But the Kiwi s for New Zealand, and a splendid chap to dance. They danced about a fortnight, till there was nt any doubtThat there were only two of them who d have to fight it the Kiwi danced so well, it none the less was plainThat he d have to get up early to beat the Crested Crane. Said the Kiwi: I 11 be bursted If I let myself be worstedBy a chap with legs as long as stilts and clumsy as an 11 do a dance upon my head, and that 11
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