And what can we expect if we haven’t any dinner

But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner?”

Said he who caught the Mouse to him who caught the Muffin,

“We might cook this little Mouse if we only had some Stuffin’!

If we had but Sage and Onions we could do extremely well,

But how to get that Stuffin’ it is difficult to tell!”

And then these two old Bachelors ran quickly to the town

And asked for Sage and Onions as they wandered up and down;

They borrowed two large Onions, but no Sage was to be found

In the Shops or in the Market or in all the Gardens round.