usly chew
The dear little boys whom I met._

_I've eaten them raw, in their holiday suits;
I've eaten them curried with rice;
I've eaten them baked, in their jackets and boots,
And found them exceedingly nice._

_But now that my jaws are too weak for such fare,
I think it exceedingly rude
To do such a thing, when I'm quite well aware
Little boys do not like to be chewed._

_And so I contentedly live upon eels.
And try to do nothing amiss,
And I pass all the time I can spare from my meals
In innocent slumber--like this._

Here Badorful rolled over upon his side, and was instantly fast asleep.

"You see," said the Goblin, picking up a large stone and thumping with
it upon the giant's head, "you see, he's quite weak _here_; otherwise,
considering his age, he's a very capable giant."

At this moment a farmer, with bright red hair, thrust his head in at the
grating, and calling out, "Here comes Gobobbles!" disappeared again; and
Davy and the Goblin rushed out, and were just in time to see Gobobbles
go by like a flash, with a crowd of people armed with pitchforks in hot
pursuit. Gobobbles was going in fine style, bounding over the hedges and
stone-walls like a kangaroo, and thumping vigorously, as usual, with his
wings, and Davy and the Goblin were just setting off on a run to join in
the chase, when a voice said, "Ahem!" and, looking up, they saw Badorful
staring at them over the top of the wall.

"How does _this_ strike you?" he said, addressing himself to Davy:--

_Although I am a giant of the exhibition size,
I've been nicely educated, and I notice with surprise
That the simplest rules of etiquette you don't pretend to keep,
For you skurry off to races while a gentleman's asleep._

_Don't reply that I was drowsy, for my nap was but a kind
Of dramatic illustration of a peaceful frame of mind;
And you really might have waited till I woke again, instead
Of indelicately pounding, with a stone, upon my head._

_Very probably you'll argue that our views do not agree,--
I've often found that little boys have disagreed with me,--
But I'm properly entitled, on the compensation plan,
To three times as much politeness as an ordinary man._

Davy was greatly distressed at having these severe remarks addressed to
him.

"If you please, sir," he said earnestly, "_I_ didn't pound you."

At this the giant gla