THE ELFIN QUEEN
"Hello, Nimble Jim! How are your melons? Ha, ha, ha! Melons! melons! Ha, ha, ha!" [page 36] And the sweet little voice sang, in a merry, mocking strain:
"Nice sweet melons!
Round ripe melons!
Nimble Jim likes them, I know.
Mean sour melons,
Crooked green melons,
Nimble Jim only can grow!
Ha, ha, ha! How are your melons, Nimble Jim?"