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 Mother seemed to have listened with some interest, for one day she gave Jim a sheet of paper on which she had written a rhyme about Parr, bringing in Paley and Wigsby by name in a most wonderful way, as well as all the reasons Jim had for not liking Parr, and Wigsby's wise opinion on the matter. Jim was immensely pleased. He had never had a rhyme written expressly for him before. He read it till he knew it by heart and then he sent it to Wigsby, who liked it almost as much as Jim did. Perhaps you may like it, too.

His name is Parr: he says that he Is given bread and milk for tea. He says his father killed a bear. He says his mother cuts his hair.

He wears goloshes when it's wet. I've heard his people call him "Pet"! He has no proper sense of shame; He told the chaps his Christian name.

He cannot wicket-keep at all, He's frightened of a cricket ball. He reads, indoors, for hours and hours. He knows the names of beastly flowers.

He says his French just like Mossoo— A beastly stuck-up thing to do— He won't keep cave, shirks his turn And says he came to school to learn!