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 (It was an easy rhyme, suited to a mere beginner.)

The captain thought he could do as well as this, but he considered that it was best to confine himself at present to quite easy rhymes, so he said:

Buttercup resumed:

The Captain replied:

Then, beginning to feel his feet, as the saying is, he ventured into deeper water:

(He repeated "it is shady" to give him time to think of the next rhyme, though he pretended that the repetition was part of the structure of the verse.)