ANIMALS I HAVE BEEN.
BY WALLACE IRWIN. j I purchased her a hat because | Her thanks I loved to hear - 3he flattered mc so tenderly, So archly and so slenderly, And s?.id I was a Deer. > Then she asked mc would 1 bny for her j A gown she wished to wear, And when 1 tried ..refusing her. She thought I was abusing her. And said I was a Fear. A friend I lent some money to | He slapped my back with forcp. Rehearsed my virtues Tearfully - j But kept my money cheerfully And called mc "Good old Horse: - ' Bnt when I asked my money back ; A wonder came to pass: He looked at mc regretfully And started rather fretfully To calling mc an Ass. For when a Lion I would be. The Prodigal must laugh. j He seems to think th# treat's on mc. Accepts mv drinks and eats on mc. I As on the Fatted Calf. | These are examples of the change That often happens, viz.: The man who's rolling high to-dtty. The biggest Whale in the bay, To-mofroir's Lobster is.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 33, 8 February 1905, Page 10
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183ANIMALS I HAVE BEEN. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 33, 8 February 1905, Page 10
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