.--Indeed, I assure you, it was a sight to see them;

And trains of ducks there were, clambering the ladders

With their duck legs, like bricklayers' 'prentices,

All dapper and handy, with their little trowels.

Peis

.--In fact, then, it's no use engaging foreigners;

Mere folly and waste, we've all within ourselves.

Ah, well now, come! But about the woodwork? Heh!

Who were the carpenters? Answer me that!

Mess