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Rh And then it takes a rubber hose

Connected with the sea

And pumps 'em full of H$2$Os

Of various degree

And when they're swollen up so stout

You'd think they'd surely bust

They souse 'em once again and out

They come at last a Trust

And when the Trust is ready for

One last and final whack

They let the public in the door

To buy the water back.

"See?" said the Hatter as he finished.

"No," said Alice. "It sounded very pretty through your hat, but I don't understand it. Why should people buy water when they can get it for nothing in the ocean?"

"You're like all the rest," groaned the Hatter. "Nobody seems to understand but me, and somehow or other I can't make it clear to other people."

"You might if you didn't talk through