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"Open your eyes and shut your mouth," said the little brown Dream.

"Why, that isn't the way to say it!" exclaimed Marjorie.

"Well, it's the way to keep you from snoring, anyhow," said the Dream.

"But I wasn't snoring," protested Marjorie.

"Are you in a position to know whether you were snoring or not?" asked the Dream.

Marjorie hesitated.

"Now, I'll tell you something," said the Dream. "It is a poor plan to start an argument unless you are positive that you are in just as good a position to hold an opinion as the fellow who has the other side of the question. Otherwise you are beaten at the start.start." [sic]

Marjorie bit her lip. "Well," she said, at last, "you didn't have the rhyme right, anyway."

"Why isn't it right?" asked the Dream.

"It's: