Is to ask him some day to agree
To execute Dinah,
Or send her to China;
He’s bound to consent, don’t you see?”
Girlie was just wondering whether she ought to clap her hands, when the Fish, who had been sitting all the while with his mouth wide open, rolled his eyes ecstatically and exclaimed in a gratified way—“O-o-o-b, o-o-o-b, o-o-o-b, thad’s very, very comfordig.”
“What do you mean?” asked Girlie.
“SHE FELT HERSELF PUSHED ‘SPLASH’ INTO THE POND.”
“O-o-o-b. Well, you see, I couldn’t dod by head if I tried,” said the Fish, “so I cad dever get into the sabe buddle thad the baderid did. Besides——”