“Dick,” cried the master, “rudeness is a sin;

Behold the stocks, I’ll surely put you in.”

“That,” answered Dick, “won’t alter it a feather,

Hereafter it would make it hold together.”

“Dick,” said the man, “if you insult me so,

Your shoulders and my rod I’ll put in Co.”

“ ’Tis all the same,” said Dick, “my worthy master,

Hereafter it would make it stick the faster.”

78. Why is France like a skeleton?

79. Why is a woodman like a stage actor?