And as for the “worm-catching” proverb, in terms,

It can’t affect me—I’m not partial to worms.

Funny Folks.


’Tis the voice of the lobster; I heard him declare,

“You have baked me too brown, I must sugar my hair.”

As a duck with its eyelids, so he with his nose,

Trims his belt and his buttons, and turns out his toes.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. (Macmillan and Co., London.)