WASTE

Yet you finished the goose, with the bones and the

beak—
Pray, how did you manage to do it ?"

" In my youth," said his father, " I took to the

law,

And argued each case with my wife ;
And the muscular strength, which it gave to my

jaw,
Has lasted the rest of my life."

" You are old," said the youth, " one would hardly

suppose

That your eye was as steady as ever ;
Yet you balance an eel on the end of your

nose—
What made you so awfully clever ? " 10

" I have answered three questions, and that is

enough,"

Said his father ; " don't give yourself airs !
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
Be off, or I'll kick you downstairs ! "

LEWIS CARROLL

WASTE
I HAD written to Aunt Maud,
Who was on a trip abroad,
When I heard she'd died of cramp
Just too late to save the stamp.
HARRY GRAHAM