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The Strange Visitor
189
“How did you get such broad broad shoulders?”
“With carrying broom, with carrying broom” (gruffly).
“How did you get such small arms?”
“Aih-h-h!—late—and we-e-e—moul” (whiningly).
“How did you get such huge huge hands?”
“Threshing with an iron flail, threshing with an iron flail” (gruffly).
“How did you get such a small small neck?”
“Aih-h-h!—late—wee-e-e—moul” (pitifully).
“How did you get such a huge huge head?”
“Much knowledge, much knowledge” (keenly).
“What do you come for?”
“For you!” (At the top of the voice, with a wave of the arm, and a stamp of the feet.)
