HUSBAND

I KNOW not what to think nor what to do;

P'rhaps this same tree can tricks at will pursue;

Let's see again; aloft he went once more,

And William acted as he'd done before;

But now the husband saw the playful squeeze;

Without emotion, and returned at ease.

To find the cause, said he, no longer try,

The tree's enchanted, we may well rely.

SINCE, that's the fact, replied the cunning jade;