Right hand holds a club—
I can see;
I can see.
Left hand grips a throat—
One of three;
One of three.
Three-head dogs are freaks—
Queer to us;
Queer to us.
That’s because you never saw—
Cerberus;
Cerberus.
FIFTH EVENING
IN WHICH A DOLPHIN WITH AN EAR FOR MUSIC SAVES A POET’S LIFE—AND UNCLE HENRY PUTS TWO BIRDS IN ONE POEM
During the next day Peter and Paul had seen a blue-racer in the grass, and, with Rags’ assistance, had chased it off into the woods behind the cottage.
So it was only natural for Peter to ask Uncle Henry whether there were any snakes among the star creatures.