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6 ~ ADVICE FROM A
“You are old,’ said the youth, “ one would hardly suppose
That your eye was as steady as ever ;
Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose—
What made you so awfully clever ?”
“TI have answered three questions, and that 1s enough,”
Said his father; “don’t give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff ?
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Be off, or I'll kick you down Starrs!