“He was!” sighed Scissors Shears, letting several tears fall.
“But,” explained Fairy Lady, “one day he refused to do as the King commanded, and would not go through the muslin—so the King changed him into a blunt-nosed needle; and he has been compelled to be good ever since, even without his own consent.”
“Poor Bod Kin!” said Scissors Shears, turning over so sharply that everybody jumped,
“Poor Bod Kin,
He didn’t win;
It is a sin,
Thin as a pin,
Can’t make a din—
Poor old Bod Kin!
If I were he