She was a lovely little girl, and one
To charm the wits of both the high and the low;
And Te-pott’s ancient heart was lost and won
In less time than ’twould take my pen to tell how:
So, as he was quite an experienced son-
In-law, and, too, a very wily fellow,
To make Hy-son his friend was no hard matter, I
Ween, with that specific for parents—flattery.
But, when they two had settled all between
Themselves, and Te-pott thought that he had caught her,