
There
once was a Dormouse who lived in a bed
Of delphiniums (blue) and
geraniums (red),
And all the day long he'd a wonderful view
Of geraniums
(red) and delphiniums (blue).
A Doctor came hurrying round, and
he said:

Just say
'Ninety-nine,' while I look at your chest. . . .
Don't you find that
chrysanthemums answer the best?"
The Dormouse looked round at
the view and replied
(When he'd said "Ninety-nine") that he'd tried and
he'd tried.
And much the most answering things that he knew
Were
geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue).
The Doctor stood frowning and
shaking his head,
And he took up his shiny silk hat as he said:
"What the
patient requires is a change," and he went
To see some chrysanthemum
people in Kent.
The Dormouse lay there, and he gazed at the view
Of
geraniums (red) and delphiniums (blue),
And he knew there was nothing he
wanted instead
Of delphiniums (blue) and geraniums (red).

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