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"Seraphic?" Reginald considered. "It might do, but I've got a lot about angels later on. You must have angels in a Peace poem; I know dreadfully little about their habits." "They can do unexpected things, like the hartebeest." "Of course. SERAPHIC REGINALD CONSIDERED IT MIGHT DO BUT I'VE GOT A LOT ABOUT ANGELS LATER ON YOU MUST HAVE ANGELS IN A PEACE POEM I KNOW DREADFULLY LITTLE ABOUT THEIR HABITS THEY CAN DO UNEXPECTED THINGS LIKE THE ARTEBAST OF COURSE
pretend to have gone on any very original lines; in writing about Peace the thing is to say what everybody else is saying, only to say it better. It begins with the usual ornithological emotion-- 'When the widgeon westward winging Heard the folk Vereeniginging, Heard the shouting and the singing'"-- "Vereeniginging is good, but why widgeon?" "Why not? Anything that winged westward would naturally begin with a _w_." "Need it wing westward?" "The bird must go somewhere. You wouldn't have it hang around and look foolish. Then I've brought in something about the heedless hartebeest galloping over the deserted veldt." "Of course you know it's practically extinct in those regions?" "I can't help _that_, it gallops so nicely. I make it have all sorts of unexpected yearnings-- 'Mother, may I go and maffick, Tear around and hinder traffic?' Of course you'll say there would be no traffic worth bothering about on the bare and sun-scorched veldt, but there's no other word that rhymes with maffick. E AGAIN BESIDES I'VE GOT A NEW FOUNTAIN PEN I DON'T PRETEND TO HAVE GONE ON ANY VERY ORIGINAL LINES IN WRITING ABOUT PIECE THE THING IS TO SAY WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS SAYING ONLY TO SAY IT BETTER IT BEGINS WITH THE USUAL ORNITHOLOGICAL EMOTION WHEN THE WIDGEON WESTWARD WINGING HEARD THE FOLK FARINA GING HEARD THE SHOUTING AND THE SINGING FERINA GINGING IS GOOD BUT WHY WIDGEON WHY NOT ANYTHING THAT WINGED WESTWARD WOULD NATURALLY BEGIN WITH A WHEED IT WING WESTWARD THE BIRD MUST GO SOMEWHERE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE IT HANG AROUND AND LOOK FOOLISH THEN I'VE BROUGHT IN SOMETHING ABOUT THE HEEDLESS HEARTBEAST GALLOPING OVER THE DESERTED VELD OF COURSE YOU KNOW IT'S PRACTICALLY EXTINCT IN THOSE REGIONS I CAN'T HELP THAT IT GALLOPS SO NICELY I MAKE IT HAVE ALL SORTS OF UNEXPECTED YEARNINGS MOTHER MAY I GO IN MATHICK TEAR AROUND AND HINDER TRAFFIC OF COURSE YOU'LL SAY THERE WOULD BE NO TRAFFIC WORTH BOTHERING ABOUT ON THE BARE AND SUN SCORCHED VELDT BUT THERE'S NO OTHER WORD THAT RHYMES WITH MATHICK
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