The Eel

The Eel written by Walter de la Mare

Stuff and Nonsense (1927)

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     There was an old person of Dover
     Who called on his sister in Deal,
     With a sack hanging over his shoulder
     In which was a whopping big eel.
It leapt down the area, scuttled upstairs.
It golloped up bolsters and wash-jugs and chairs,
Her boots, shoes, and slippers, in single and pairs;
     And alas! when this Ogre
     Had finished its meal,
     There was no one of Dover
     With a sister in Deal.

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