9. One Boa Constrictor, at the Zoological Gardens, swallows the other.
The cunning serpent in the park
One day was feeling rather hollow,
So took his brother for a lark,
Or, just as likely, for a swallow.
11. Military Flogging on Sunday—Lesson for the day.
"Good day, good deed;"—when simpler method fails
(Thus thought the proud Bashaw of many TAILS),
That teacher sure will mend the slowest dunce,
Who uses NINE quick reasons all at once.