Of the cunning Pau-Puk-Keewis.

Hard his breath came through his nostrils,

Through his teeth he buzzed and muttered

Words of anger and resentment,

Hot and humming, like a hornet.

“I will slay this Pau-Puk-Keewis,

Slay this mischief-maker!” said he.

“Not so long and wide the world is,

Not so rude and rough the way is,

That my wrath shall not attain him,