“Let’s hear you,” responded the black-eyed miss.
“Listen, then,” returned her schoolmate:
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“‘A canny young canner of Cannee, One morning observed to his Granny, ”A canner can can A lot of things, Gran, But a canner can’t can a can, can ’e?”’” |
Now, how is that for a match for your limerick?”
This started the ball a-rolling. Dora Lockwood raised her hand, crying,
“Please, teacher! I have one,” and immediately produced this:
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“‘There was a small boy who lived in Jamaica, Who bought a lobster wrapped in a brown paper; The paper was thin And the lobster grabbed him–– What an awful condition that small boy was in!’” |
This woke up Dorothy Lockwood, who would not be outdone by her twin. She recited:
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“‘In Huron, a hewer, Hugh Hughes, Hued yew-trees of unusual hues. Hugh Hughes used blue yews To build sheds for his ewes; So his ewes a blue-hued yew shed use.’” |