“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?”