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Rh Quoth he "That's regular clap-trap—
 * Don't bluster any more.

Now do be cool and take a nap! You're such a peppery old chap
 * As never was before!

"You're like a man I used to meet,
 * Who got one day so furious

In arguing, the simple heat Scorched both his slippers off his feet!"
 * I said "That's very curious!"

"Well, it is curious, I agree,
 * And sounds perhaps like fibs:

But still it's true as true can be— As sure as your name's Tibbs," said he.
 * I said "My name's not Tibbs."