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108 "The thing much sooner can be done; I'll show you how in less than one." Then in he leaps into the slime, Amidst the lizards, toads, and snakes; Most lustily his way he makes, And flounders over in short time. Arriv'd upon the other side, He shook the mud off from his hide, And then with pompous, proud display, Back to his friends this scorn he hurl'd:— "If you would prosper in this world, You must, as I've done, push your way."