him back,

’Twas slipper-slapper, whacko-cracker, whango-

bango-crack!!

And never, sir, in all your life, did you see

flippers whiz

In such a blame, chain-lightnin’ style as them

’ere hands of his.

And though we hit and though we dodged—or

rushed by twos and threes,

He simply strolled around that room and licked