“You certainly know it perfectly, and you recite very nicely,” said Miss Larkin. “Marjorie, you may say yours next.”

“Mine is a jolly-sounding one,” said Midget; “that’s why I like it. It’s called

“THE MERRY PRINCE.”

The gay Prince Popinjay Peacock-Feather

Would play on his lute for hours together;

And feathery-weathery afternoons

He’d warble hilarious, various tunes.

He’d airily, merrily roam the street,

And sing to all he might chance to meet;

And if any were grumpy or gloomy or glum,