Six! What an awkward steed it was.
Seven! Which way were they going?
Eight! What! Were they moving backward? Impossible! He would jump off and run.
Nine! To our rider’s great surprise he found he was held fast by the creature’s claws which extended on all sides. Horror! He was riding on a giant crab!
Ten! Backward they moved!
Eleven! Farther and farther they were going away from the castle.
TWELVE! The castle doors shut with a clang. Castle Fortune’s doors were closed forever to the lazy man.
A LITTLE DUTCH GARDEN
I passed by a garden, a little Dutch garden,