So he writed back to Finnigin:
"Don't do sich a sin agin!
Make 'em brief, Finnigin!"
Whin Finnigin got this frum Flannigan,
He blushed rosy rid—did Finnigin;
An' he said: "I'll gamble a whole moonth's pa-ay
That it will be minny an' minny a da-ay
Befoore Sup'rintindint—that's Flannigan—
Gits a whack at this very same sin agin.
From Finnigin to Flannigan