So I started out on my wild career,
And I did so well that I'm Emperor here,
Where you're told to do this, and you simply don't—
And you're asked to do that, and you say you won't.
And my what a lot of fun I've had—
For I never mind, and I'm awful bad.
"You can see," said the Emperor, when he had finished, "what a splendid place you have come to. And as the years pass, I hope you may find it even more delightful."
"As the years pass," repeated Zep. "Why—why, I can't stay here for years. What would my folks say?"
"If you ask me," put in the Poppykok, "I should say they'd say: 'thank goodness, he's gone at last.'"
"Yes," said the Emperor, "it's only in Obstinate Town that people like boys like you. Everywhere else they think you're a nuisance. Didn't you know that?"