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THE STRANGE VISITOR
A woman was sitting at her reel one night; And still she sat, and
still she reeled, and still she wished for company.
In came a pair of broad broad soles, and sat down at the fireside;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a pair of small small legs, and sat down on the broad broad
soles;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a pair of thick thick knees, and sat down on the small small
legs;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a pair of thin thin thighs, and sat down on the thick thick
knees;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a pair of huge huge hips, and sat down on the thin thin
thighs;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a wee wee waist, and sat down on the huge huge hips;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a pair of broad broad shoulders, and sat down on the wee wee
waist;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a pair of small small arms, and sat down on the broad broad
shoulders;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a pair of huge huge hands, and sat down on the small small
arms;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a small small neck, and sat down on the broad broad shoulders;
And still she sat, and still she reeled, and still she wished for
company.
In came a huge huge head, and sat down on the small small neck.
"How did you get such broad broad feet?" quoth the woman.
"Much tramping, much tramping" (_gruffly_).
"How did you get such small small legs?"
"Aih-h-h!-late--and wee-e-e--moul" (_whiningly_).
"How did you get such thick thick knees?"
"Much praying, much praying" (_piously_).
"How did you get such thin thin thighs?"
"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul" (_whiningly_).
"How did you get such big big hips?"
"Much sitting, much sitting" (_gruffly_).
"How did you get such a wee wee waist?"
"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e-moul" (_whiningly_).
"How did you get such broad broad shoulders?"
"With carrying broom, with carrying broom" (_gruffly_).
"How did you get such small small arms?"
"Aih-h-h!--late--and wee-e-e--moul" (_whiningly_.)
"How did you get such huge huge hands?"
"Threshing with an iron flail, threshing with an iron flail"
(_gruffly_).
"How did you get such a small small neck?"
"Aih-h-h!--late--wee-e-e--moul" (_pitifully_).
"How did you get such a huge huge head?"
"Much knowledge, much knowledge" (_keenly_).
"What do you come for?"
"FOR YOU!" (_At the top of the voice, with a wave of the arm
and a
stamp of the feet._)
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