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'Excuse me if I sit on you,' the cup said to the saucer. 'I fear I've been here all the afternoon.''Spare excuses,' said the saucer; 'you have sat on me before, sir.' 'Oh,
I'll stir him up directly,' said the spoon.'Stop your clatter! Stop your clatter!' cried the bread-and-butter platter 'Tittle-tattle!' sneered the tea-pot, with a shrug;'Now, the most important question is my chronic indigestion.' 'Ah, you've taken too much tannin,' jeered the jug.'Hey, hey, hey!' sang the silver-plated tray,'It's time you had your faces washed. I've come to clear away!'
C J Dennis
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis, better known as C. J. Dennis, (7 September 1876 – 22 June 1938) was an Australian poet known for his h
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