This warty, pop-eyed little toad

Concluded one fine day

That life was very flat indeed,

The world far, far from gay.

So, hopping, hopping, off he went

To Grasshopper Slimleg.

Said Grasshopper, “Come, in, my friend.

Good-day! Come in, I beg.”

“You seem quite blue,”—he meant quite green,—

“Pray, what distresses you?”