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Of what each other mean

And prate about an Elephant

Not one of them has seen!

(John Godfrey Saxe.)

  HREE little bugs in a basket,

And hardly room for two!

And one was yellow, and one was black,

And one like me, or you.

The space was small, no doubt, for all;

But what should three bugs do?

Three little bugs in a basket,

And hardly crumbs for two;

And all were selfish in their hearts,

The same as I or you;

So the strong ones said, "We will eat the bread,

And that is what we'll do."

Three little bugs in a basket,

And the beds but two would hold;

So they all three fell to quarrelling—

The white, and the black, and the gold;

And two of the bugs got under the rugs,

And one was left out in the cold!

