A CHARACTER SKETCH.
The mule seemed pensive, even sad, As if by conscience pricked ; But when they came to share his woes, He raised objections—kicked, The cat came up to sympathize, With mew and gentle purr ; Alas ! she got within his reach, When—fiddlestinga and fur. The dog, in pity, neared him to Alleviate his care; He tried to pass around him once, But—saiisage-meat and hair. And John, the honest farmer boy, Who had the beast in charge, Tried recklessly to harness hiin— His funeral was large.
Oh, trifling were the causes which His flexible legs unfurled ; And many were the quadrupeds That sought another world. He never did a decent thing; He wasn't worth a ducat; He kicked and kicked until he died, And then he kicked the bucket.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1488, 5 July 1881, Page 2
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129A CHARACTER SKETCH. Kumara Times, Issue 1488, 5 July 1881, Page 2
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