“I’ll give you twenty-five dollars,” he offered wildly.

“What are your terms?” he clucked.

But why bother about “best sellers,” when you can make almost as funny ones at home? Here is a home-brewed one:

“Where are you going to, my pretty maid?”

“I’m going to the Doctor’s, to ask his aid,

I caught a cold when I slept in the loft,”

“Sir,” she coughed,

“Sir,” she coughed,

“I’m going to the Doctor’s sir,” she coughed.

“May I go with you, my pretty maid?”