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The Zankiwank
Dream if you will in maiden prime,
But let each dream be true;
For idle hopes waste golden time,
That won’t return to you.
But let each dream be true;
For idle hopes waste golden time,
That won’t return to you.
In after years when ways divide,
And Love dispels each tear,
Know in some breast there will abide
A thought for you sincere.
And Love dispels each tear,
Know in some breast there will abide
A thought for you sincere.
So strive, dear maid, to play your part,
With noble aim and deed;
Let sweetness ever sway your heart,
And so I give you speed.
With noble aim and deed;
Let sweetness ever sway your heart,
And so I give you speed.
While Maudie was pondering over the meaning of these words, she was suddenly lifted off her feet, and, when she recovered from the shock, found herself with Willie in a balloon, while down below the Zankiwank was fondly embracing the Jackarandajam, who had just arrived with a whole army of odd-looking people, including Jack-the-Giant-Killer, Tom Thumb, Blue Beard, and all his wives, with Sister Anne, Dick Whitting-
