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He heard the jolly fellow inside singing, first at the top and then at the bottom of the scale. He would drop his voice down on the low notes and then again rise to the highest until it ended in a screech. Someone on the street asked the poet how he liked the music which he had heard inside. HE HEARD THE JOLLY FELLOW INSIDE SINGING FIRST AT THE TOP AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCALE HE WOULD DROP HIS VOICE DOWN ON THE LOW NOTES AND THEN AGAIN RISE TO THE HIGHEST UNTIL IT ENDED IN A SCREECH SOME ONE ON THE STREET ASKED THE POET HOW HE LIKED THE MUSIC WHICH HE HAD HEARD INSIDE
med Taffy, was like nearly all Welshmen, in that he was very fond of singing. The trouble in his case, however, was that no one but himself loved to hear his voice, which was very disagreeable. Yet of the sounds which he himself made with voice or instrument, he was an intense admirer. Nobody could persuade him that his music was poor and his voice rough. He always refused to improve. Now in Wales, the bard, or poet, who makes up his poetry or song as he goes along, is a very important person, and it is not well to offend one of these gentlemen. In French, they call such a person by a very long name--the improvisator. These poets have sharp tongues and often say hard things about people whom they do not like. If they used whetstones, or stropped their tongues on leather, as men do their razors, to give them a keener edge, their words could not cut more terribly. Now, on one occasion, Morgan had offended one of these bards. It was while the poetic gentleman was passing by Taffy's house. TS OF MORGANS ONE OF THESE NAMED TAFFY WAS LIKE NEARLY ALL WELSHMEN AND THAT HE WAS VERY FOND OF SINGING THE TROUBLE IN HIS CASE HOWEVER WAS THAT NO ONE BUT HIMSELF LOVED TO HEAR HIS VOICE WHICH WAS VERY DISAGREEABLE YET OF THE SOUNDS WHICH HE HIMSELF MADE WITH VOICE OR INSTRUMENT HE WAS AN INTENSE ADMIRER NOBODY COULD PERSUADE HIM THAT HIS MUSIC WAS POOR AND HIS VOICE ROUGH HE ALWAYS REFUSED TO IMPROVE NOW IN WALES THE BARD OR POET WHO MAKES UP HIS POETRY OR SONG AS HE GOES ALONG IS A VERY IMPORTANT PERSON AND IT IS NOT WELL TO OFFEND ONE OF THESE GENTLEMEN IN FRENCH THEY CALL SUCH A PERSON BY A VERY LONG NAME THE IMPROVISATOR THESE POETS HAVE SHARP TONGUES AND OFTEN SAY HARD THINGS ABOUT PEOPLE WHOM THEY DO NOT LIKE IF THEY USED WHETSTONES OR STROPPED THEIR TONGUES ON LEATHER AS MEN DO THEIR RAZORS TO GIVE THEM A KEENER EDGE THEIR WORDS COULD NOT CUT MORE TERRIBLY NOW ON ONE OCCASION MORGAN HAD OFFENDED ONE OF THESE BARDS IT WAS WHILE THE POETIC GENTLEMAN WAS PASSING BY TAFFY'S HOUSE
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