Curate (to old parishioner troubled with insomnia). "HAVE YOU TRIED COUNTING SHEEP JUMPING OVER A STILE?"
Old Lady. "AH, THAT'S WORSE THAN USELESS, SIR. IT SETS ME WORRYIN' ABOUT THEM BUTCHERS WITH THEIR ONE-AND-TEN-PENCE A POUND FOR MUTTON."
THE BEST GAME THE FAIRIES PLAY.
The best game the fairies play,
The best game of all,
Is sliding down steeples—
You know they're very tall.
You fly to the weathercock
And when you hear it crow