"Correct," said the teacher. "And what is the plural of child?"
"Twins," was the unexpected answer.
First Comedian—"Did you score a hit with your new specialty?"
Second Comedian—"Did I? Why, the audience gazed in open-mouthed wonder before I was half through."
First Comedian—"Wonderful! It is seldom that an entire audience yawns at once."
[31] If I might hold that hand again
Clasped lovingly in mine,
I'd little care what others sought—
That hand I held, lang syne!
That hand! Oh, warm it was and soft!
Soft? Ne'er was so soft a thing!
Ah, me! I'll hold it ne'er again—
Ace, ten, knave, queen and king!