“‘Get along with you,’ I said; ‘there’s my neighbor, Dr. Drenchall, I see, wants’”—(Butcher) “a sheep’s head.”
“I now went up to shave, but my soap-dish was gone, and the maid brought me instead”—(Milliner) “a lady’s chip hat.”
“My razor had been taken to chop firewood, so I used”—(Greengrocer) “a cucumber.”
“I then washed my face in”—(Doctor) “a cup of quinine,” “cleaned my teeth with”—(Fishmonger) “a fresh herring,” and “combed my hair with”—(Pastrycook) “a jam tart.”
“My best coat was taken possession of by pussy and kittens, so I whipped on”—(hardware-man) “a dripping pan.”
“The monkey, seeing how funny I looked, snatched off my wig, and clapped on my head”—(Poulterer) “a fat hen.”
“I now awoke my wife, and asked her what she had nice for breakfast; she said”—(Doctor) “a mustard plaster.”
“Then I scolded Sukey, the servant, and called her” (Poulterer) “a tough old turkey.”
“But she saucily told me I was no better than”—(Music-seller) “an old fiddle.”
“I soon had enough of that, so I asked my wife to go with me to buy”—(Tailor) “a pair of trousers.”