Quite without any doubt,

Just exactly the place,

Or the spot or the space,

Where the blue charm is hid.

Where he lost it—he did.”

This was too much for Kaw. Such an attempt at rhyming struck him as too funny for words and his voice, subdued but trembling with mirth, came to them from the bush:

“I have heard a constant rumor

Of the Rain-man’s sense of humor—

Let us hope that it is true—really true—

For of rhymes of man or bird,