Yes! Not bigger than a wine lee,

There's the mischief, there's the corps

Of the insect that will kill us,

Hiding there is the Bacillus;

Only that, and nothing more!"

"Why's he here with fear to fill us?

Will he leave me, this Bacillus?

Not one bone do I feel whole in,

And of strength I've lost my store."

Thus I to the Doctor talking,