Who asked her humbly for a sou.

The girl replied: “Get out with you!”

The fairy cried: “Each word you drop,

A toad from out your mouth shall hop!”

(I think that nothing incommodes

One’s speech like uninvited toads!)

And so it was, the cheerful blonde

Lived on in joy and bliss,

And grew pecunious, beyond

The dreams of avarice!