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A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
A schoolboy's tale, the wonder of an hour!
 His eye begets occasion for his wit;
 For every object that the one doth catch
  The other read more 
 His eye begets occasion for his wit;
 For every object that the one doth catch
  The other turns to a mirth-moving jest,
   Which his fair tongue, conceit's expositor,
    Delivers in such apt and gracious words,
     That aged ears play truant at his tales,
      And younger hearings are quite ravished,
       So sweet and voluble is his discourse. 
But that's another story.
But that's another story.
 Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story s told of 
yourself.
 [Lat., Quid rides?]
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 Why do you laugh? Change but the name, and the story s told of 
yourself.
 [Lat., Quid rides?]
  Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur.] 
This story will never go down.
This story will never go down.
 At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without 
adding any more to what has already been said; read more 
 At this point therefore let us begin our narrative, without 
adding any more to what has already been said; for it would be 
foolish to lengthen the preface while cutting short the history 
itself. 
 An' all us other children, when the supper things is done,
 We set around the kitchen fire an' has read more 
 An' all us other children, when the supper things is done,
 We set around the kitchen fire an' has the mostest fun
  A-list'nin' to the witch tales 'at Annie tells about
   An' the gobble-uns 'at gits you
    Ef you
     Don't
      Watch
       Out! 
 I hate
 To tell again a tale once fully told.  
 I hate
 To tell again a tale once fully told. 
 When thou dost tell another's jest, therein
 Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;
  Pick out read more 
 When thou dost tell another's jest, therein
 Omit the oaths, which true wit cannot need;
  Pick out of tales the mirth, but not the sin.