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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=381145" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Nutcrackers and the Sugar-Tongs</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Nutcrackers sate by a plate on the table,<br>The Sugar-tongs sate by a plate at his side;<br>And the Nutcrackers said, 'Don't you wish we were able<br>'Along the blue hills and green meadows to ride?<br>'Must we drag on this stupid existence for ever,<br>'So idle so weary, so full of remorse,--<br>'While every one else takes his pleasure, and never<br>'Seems happy unless he is riding a horse?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">II</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Don't you think we could ride without being instructed?<br>'Without any saddle, or bridle, or spur?<br>'Our legs are so long, and so aptly constructed,<br>'I'm sure that an accident could not occur.<br>'Let us all of a sudden hop down from the table,<br>'And hustle downstairs, and each jump on a horse!<br>'Shall we try? Shall we go! Do you think we are able?'<br>The Sugar-tongs answered distinctly,'Of course!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>III</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So down the long staircase they hopped in a minute,<br>The Sugar-tongs snapped, and the Crackers said 'crack!'<br>The stable was open, the horses were in it;<br>Each took out a pony, and jumped on his back.<br>The Cat in a fright scrambled out of the doorway,<br>The Mice tumbled out of a bundle of hay,<br>The brown and white Rats, and the black ones from Norway,<br>Screamed out, 'They are taking the horses away!'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>IV</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The whole of the household was filled with amazement,<br>The Cups and the Saucers danced madly about,<br>The Plates and the Dishes looked out of the casement,<br>The Saltcellar stood on his head with a shout,<br>The Spoons with a clatter looked out of the lattice,<br>The Mustard-pot climbed up the Gooseberry Pies,<br>The Soup-ladle peeped through a heap of Veal Patties,<br>And squeaked with a ladle-like scream of surprise.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>V</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Frying-pan said, 'It's an awful delusion!'<br>The Tea-kettle hissed and grew black in the face;<br>And they all rushed downstairs in the wildest confusion,<br>To see the great Nutcracker-Sugar-tong race.<br>And out of the stable, with screamings and laughter,<br>(Their ponies were cream-coloured, speckled with brown,)<br>The Nutcrackers first, and the Sugar-tongs after,<br>Rode all round the yard, and then all round the town.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>VI</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They rode through the street, and they rode by the station,<br>They galloped away to the beautiful shore;<br>In silence they rode, and 'made no observation',<br>Save this: 'We will never go back any more!'<br>And still you might hear, till they rode out of hearing,<br>The Sugar-tongs snap, and the Crackers say 'crack!'<br>Till far in the distance their forms disappearing,<br>They faded away. -- And they never came back!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Edward+Lear">Edward Lear</a><div class=q>
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The Sugar-tongs sate by a plate at his side;
And the Nutcrackers said, 'Don't you wish we were able
'Along the blue hills and green meadows to ride?
'Must we drag on this stupid existence for ever,
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