Talk:Flutter Brutter/@comment-27162776-20160503050842/@comment-26423071-20160511115113

"You are old, Father William," the young pony said, "And your mane has become very white; And yet you incessantly stand on your head— Do you think, at your age, it is right?"



"In my youth," Father William replied to his son, "I feared it might injure the brain; But now that I'm perfectly sure I have none, Why, I do it again and again."



"You are old," said the youth, "As I mentioned before, And have grown most uncommonly fat; Yet you turned a back-somersault in at the door— <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Pray, what is the reason of that?"

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:'LucidaGrande','LucidaSans',Helvetica,Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10.6667px;white-space:pre-line;"><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">"In my youth," said the sage, as he shook his grey locks, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">"I kept all my limbs very supple <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">By the use of this ointment—ten bits a box— <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Allow me to sell you a couple"

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:'LucidaGrande','LucidaSans',Helvetica,Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10.6667px;white-space:pre-line;"><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">"You are old," said the youth, "And your jaws are too weak <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">For anything tougher than suet; <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Yet you finished a feast, there's now barely anything to lick— <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Pray, how did you manage to do it?"

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:'LucidaGrande','LucidaSans',Helvetica,Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10.6667px;white-space:pre-line;"><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">"In my youth," said his father, "I took to the law, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">And argued each case with my wife; <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">And the muscular strength which it gave to my jaw, <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Has lasted the rest of my life."

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:'LucidaGrande','LucidaSans',Helvetica,Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10.6667px;white-space:pre-line;"><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">"You are old," said the youth, "one would hardly suppose <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">That your eye was as steady as ever; <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Yet you balanced an eel on the end of your nose— <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">What made you so awfully clever?"

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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.5em;font-family:'LucidaGrande','LucidaSans',Helvetica,Geneva,Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:10.6667px;white-space:pre-line;"><span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">"I have answered three questions, and that is enough," <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Said his father; "don't give yourself airs! <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? <span style="color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:22.4px;">Be off, or I'll kick you down stairs!"

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