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a soft tune and dandles three 

 saucepans blissfully dancing; and, 

 from the little hole that lights up 

 its inside, defies the good dog who 

 cannot approach, by constantly 

 putting out at him its fiery tongue* 

 The clock, bored in its oak case, 

 before striking the august hour of 

 meal time, swings its great gilt 

 navel to and fro ; and the cunning 

 flies tease your ears* On the glit- 

 tering table lie a chicken, a hare, 

 three partridges, besides other 

 things which are called fruits — 

 peaches, melons, grapes — and 



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