Then Ernest held his hand on high and pride suffused his face,
As from his seat he quickly rose and took the speaker's place,
While speaking loud in accents clear, "I saved a little pup
Who had his tail in a tin can all tied securely up.
I took the can from off his tail and made him bark with joy,
So mother said and so said dad—I was a darling boy."
"And so say I," the leader said, while calling him her "DEAR,"
"But how I wish the wicked boy who did the deed was here."
"Well, here he is, for I'm the boy who did that deed as well,
So I could take the tin can off and of my goodness tell."