“That’s a good answer,” Mr. Munchausen put in. “It is quite as intelligent as the one which is attributed to the Gillyhooly bird. When the Gillyhooly bird was asked his opinion of giraffes, he scratched his head for a minute and said,
“‘The question hath but little wit
That you have put to me,
But I will try to answer it
With prompt candidity.
The automobile is a thing
That’s pleasing to the mind;
And in a lustrous diamond ring
Some merit I can find.