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WHAT DO GAY YOUNG ISKERS MEAN?
— was the exclamatnOf the astonished Mayor and the street the Piper stept, Sg first a ltle se, As if he knew what magic slept In his quiet pipe the while;Then, like a mil apt, To blow the pipe his lips he wrkled, And green and blue his sharp ey twkled, Like a ndle-flame where salt is sprkled;And ere three shrill not the pipe uttered, You heard as if an army muttered;And the mutterg grew to a gmblg;And the gmblg grew to a mighty mblg;And out of the ho the rats me rats, small rats, lean rats, brawny rats, Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats, Grave old plodrs, gay young iskers, Fathers, mothers, uncl, s, Cockg tails and prickg whiskers, Fai by tens and dozens, Brothers, sisters, hbands, wiv —Followed the Piper for their street to street he piped advancg, And step for step they followed dancg, Until they me to the river WerWhere all plunged and perished— Save one who, stout as Juli Caar, Swam across and lived to rry(As he the mancript he cherished)To Rat-land home his mentary, Which was, At the first shrill not of the pipe, I heard a sound as of scrapg tripe, And puttg appl, wondro ripe, Into a cir-prs's gripe:And a movg away of pickle-tub-boards, And a leavg ajar of nserve-cupboards, And a drawg the rks of tra-oil-flasks, And a breakg the hoops of butter-sks;And seemed as if a voice(Sweeter than by harp or by psalteryIs breathed) lled out, Oh rats, rejoice!
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