"Maybe they do," replied the Dancing Pearl, "but I don't. I'm too accustomed to whirling about to get dizzy so easy, so you'll have to make a meal of something else."
"All right," growled the monster, glaring at Floo, "then I'll eat your gentleman friend."
"Well, I guess not," said Floo. "I don't intend to look into your ugly old eyes, no sir-ee."
"Oh, don't you?" said the ancient Iff. "Indeed!" And with that he began to sing in a voice like a dozen bass drums:
In days of old when knights were bold
And dragons held their sway,
The knights all fought as warriors ought
To end the dragons' day.
And though the dragons spouted flame
The knights they whipped 'em just the same.