‘I don’t want cheese at all,’ said Wopole.
‘You’d want it if you were me,’ remarked the old Man.
‘Why?’ asked Wopole.
‘Because it’s all there is to eat in the moon, and if it were hard I shouldn’t be able to eat it.’
‘Oh, I see; but why don’t you come to the earth? You’d make your fortune in a show.’
The Man shook his head sadly.
‘I did try once; but I got my mouth burnt, and I shan’t try again.’
‘Why, how was that?’ asked Wopole.
‘Don’t you know the song?’ said the old Man in astonishment.