'Pray, tell me Dolly,' he inquired, 'how did you lose your sight?'
'Alas, kind sir, my sightless eyes, I strained them in a fog,
A-looking for a Christmas gift from Mother Hubbard's dog.'
"'Then up spoke Simple Simon, and with utterance unkind
He cried, 'This doll who falsifies is lazy and not blind.
I'll prove my words,' but ere he could, to everyone's surprise,
The Baboon pulled his anchor up and sailed off through the skies.
"'Poor Simple Simon, he was right. This doll is only blind
When lying flat upon its back, or partly so inclined;
But if you make it sit up straight, you'll find his words are true,