“May Binner!” interrupted the subject of her poetic effusion, “if you use ‘fatty’ I—I’ll——”
“Not going to,” replied May triumphantly.
“But when she got back
She had torn her new sack,
And her mother said, ‘My, you look ratty!’”
“Clever but inelegant,” remarked Tad.
“I don’t think ‘ratty’ is a very nice word to use,” objected Matty. “Besides, I don’t wear a sack!”
“That’s just a metaphor,” returned May serenely. “I couldn’t very well make ‘dress’ rhyme with ‘back,’ could I?”
“It’s a perfectly good limerick,” laughed Rodney. “And I think it’s the best yet.”