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“ When Pug, of loose tiles now perceiving a failure,
Eluded the grasp of pursuit with a hop,
And gained an adjacent and tall chimney-pot. [p 11]
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It chanced that the vent of this same chimney led
Direct to a chamber, confined to his bed
Where lay an old gentleman, ill with the gout,
And wishing some bad fate might thence drag him out!
Pug, missing his footing, ’midst vapour and fume,
That instant with Puss tumbled into the room. ”

“ Our tale is a true one, from which may be taught
A maxim for youth, with utility fraught;—
If terrors assail you, examine the cause,
And all will be well;—for, by Nature’s kind laws,
Nor Goblins nor Spectres on earth have a station,—
These phantoms are all of ideal creation. [p 2]
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A Monkey, that comical tricks would be at,
His frolics one morning began with the Cat;
He chatter’d, as much as to say How d’ ye do?
And Puss look’d her thanks, and politely cried Mew!
Pug then shook her paw, and they sat down together,
Puss washing her face, indicating wet weather. ”