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 Then, quite unnerved, young Paul observed:
 * "It 's like a dreadful dream,

And Uncle Ben has fallen ten
 * Per cent. in my esteem.

Not only did he first usurp us, But now he's left us here on purpose!"

For countless years their childish fears
 * Have made the reader pale,

For countless years the public's tears
 * Have started at the tale,

For countless years much detestation Has been expressed for their relation.

So draw a veil across the dale
 * Where stood that ghastly gate.

No need to tell. You know full well
 * What was their touching fate,

And how with leaves each little dead breast Was covered by a Robin Redbreast!

But when they found them on the ground,
 * Although their life had ceased,

Quite near to Paul there lay a small
 * White paper, neatly creased.

Because of lack of any merit, B. Hyde" it ran, "we disinherit!"

The Moral: If you deeply long To punish one who's done you wrong, Though in your lifetime fail you may, Where there's a will, there is a way!