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 Yes, I had to. You see the flowers didn’t like the notice. The only people who liked it were Winter and his Gnomes. They thought I was asleep, but I heard Winter tell Northwind why Spring had forgotten this garden.

[Stands thinking.]

Nicky, go and tell that little boy if he will come back I will give him my kingdom.

What part do I get after all those kicks? Well, well, “uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” Personally I enjoy the simple life, like the colored man. Don’t you know his song?

No, I haven’t heard it.

I’m a-buildin’ my house On a mountain so high,