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And said "O Pig, what makes you cry?"
And bitter was that Pig's reply,
"Because I cannot jump!"
 
That Frog he grinned a grin of glee,
And hit his chest a thump.
"O Pig," he said, "be ruled by me,
And you shall see what you shall see.
This minute, for a trifling fee,
I'll teach you how to jump!
 
"You may be faint from many a fall,
And bruised by many a bump:
But, if you persevere through all,
And practise first on something small,
Concluding with a ten-foot wall.
You'll find that you can jump!"
 
That Pig looked up with joyful start:
"Oh Frog, you are a trump!
Your words have healed my inward smart——
Come, name your fee and do your part:
Bring comfort to a broken heart,
By teaching me to jump!"
 
"My fee shall be a mutton-chop,
My goal tills ruined Pump.
Observe with what an airy flop