How Frederic would the joke enjoy,”
And so we’ve risked both life and limb
To tell it to our boy.
Fred. (interested).
That paradox? That paradox!
King and Ruth (laughing).
That most ingenious paradox!
We’ve quips and quibbles heard in flocks,
But none to beat that paradox!
Ha, ha, ha, ha! ho, ho, ho, ho!