{"product_id":"2940012106155","title":"Plish and Plum","description":"This ebook edition has been proofed, corrected and compiled to be read with without errors!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHumorous and Illustrated poetry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excerpt from the beginning of:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a pipe between his lips,\u003cbr\u003eTwo young dogs upon his hips,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJogs along old Caspar Sly;\u003cbr\u003eHow that man can smoke—oh my!\u003cbr\u003eBut although the pipe-bowl glows\u003cbr\u003eRed and hot beneath his nose,\u003cbr\u003eYet his heart is icy-cold;\u003cbr\u003eHow can earth such wretches hold!\u003cbr\u003e\"Of what earthly use to me\u003cbr\u003eCan such brutes,\" he mutters, \"be?\u003cbr\u003eDo they earn their vittles? No!\u003cbr\u003e'Tis high time I let 'em go.\u003cbr\u003eWhat you don't want, fling away!\u003cbr\u003eThem's my sentiments, I say!\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eO'er the pond he silent bends,\u003cbr\u003eFor to drown them he intends.\u003cbr\u003eWith their legs the quadrupeds\u003cbr\u003eKick and squirm,—can't move their heads;\u003cbr\u003eAnd the inner voice speaks out:\u003cbr\u003eHow 'twill end we gravely doubt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHubs!—an airy curve one makes;\u003cbr\u003ePlish!—a headlong dive he takes.\u003cbr\u003eHubs!—the second follows suit;\u003cbr\u003ePlum!—the wave engulfs the brute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That's well ended,\" Caspar cries,\u003cbr\u003ePuffs away and homeward hies.\u003cbr\u003eBut, as often happens, here too\u003cbr\u003eThings don't go as they appear to.\u003cbr\u003ePaul and Peter,—so 'twas fated,—\u003cbr\u003eNaked in the bushes waited\u003cbr\u003eFor a swim; and they descry\u003cbr\u003eWhat was done by wicked Sly.","brand":"Leila's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47170263154928,"sku":"2940012106155","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012106155_p0.jpg?v=1763552597","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012106155","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}