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Rh "It's not in Nursery Rhymes? And yet
 * I almost think it is—

'Three little ghostesses' were set 'On postesses,' you know, and ate
 * Their 'buttered toastesses'

"I have the book, so if you doubt it—"
 * I turned to search the shelf—

"Don't stir!" he cried. "We'll do without it: I now remember all about it;
 * I wrote the thing myself.

"It came out in a 'Monthly' or
 * At least my agent said it did:

Some literary swell, who saw It, thought it seemed adapted for
 * The magazine he edited.