After Theophile returned to the city he wrote to Farmer Si Hopkins concerning a question which has been puzzling him for some time.
“Why,” he inscribed, “do you lock up that donkey of yours so carefully every night?”
In due course of time came Farmer Hopkins’ reply. “Because it is too good an *.”
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Hiawatha Skinned a Squirrel
Hiawatha skinned the squirrel,
Just sat down and went and skinned it;
Went and skinned it to a finish,
From its skin he made some mittens.
Made them with the outside inside,