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Then watch

And see them start the torch-race down below;

Lean over till you hear the men say "Go,"

And then, go.

Where?

Why, over.

Not for me.

It'd cost me two whole sausage bags of brains,

I won't go that way.

Well, how will you go?

The way you went that time.

The voyage is long.

You first come to a great mere, fathomless

And very wide.

How do I get across?

In a little boat, like that; an aged man

Will row you across the ferry for two obols.