Though it was said that he practised lots

Tying himself into awful knots.

He punched the “What Is it?” in the head,

And cut the “Capillary Sisters” dead;

Placed the “Midget” under the ban

And wouldn’t shake feet with the “Armless Man”;

Kicked the “Cannibal” out of his road,

And said to the “Glass-Blower,” “You be blowed!”

Greater each day his importance grew,

’Till his head at length began swelling too.