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To see wrestlers kicking shins, is no news;
But to see cats playing at nine pins, is strange indeed!


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I'll lay a penny, you don't get many.
I'll knock down all, and swallow the ball.

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To hear a parrot say, pretty Poll, is no news;
But to see a sow with a parasol, is strange indeed!


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Like a lady I shine,
I'm so fat and so fine;
I've a right I suppose,
To a shade for my nose.

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[Illustration: MONKEY RIDING A BEAR.]

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