Then they all went up the Perak River and went to bed , Best Beloved . Now listen and attend ! From that day to this the Moon has always pulled the sea up and down and made what we call the tides . Sometimes the Fisher of the Sea pulls a little too hard , and then we get spring tides ; and sometimes he pulls a little too softly , and then we get what are called neap-tides ; but nearly always he is careful , because of the Eldest Magician . And Pau Amma ? You can see when you go to the beach , how all Pau Amma 's babies make little Pusat Taseks for themselves under every stone and bunch of weed on the sands ; you can see them waving their little scissors ; and in some parts of the world they truly live on the dry land and run up the palm trees and eat cocoa-nuts , exactly as the girl-daughter promised . But once a year all Pau Ammas must shake off their hard armour and be soft-to remind them of what the Eldest Magician could do . And so it is n't fair to kill or hunt Pau Amma 's babies just because old Pau Amma was stupidly rude a very long time ago . Oh yes ! And Pau Amma 's babies hate being taken out of their little Pusat Taseks and brought home in pickle-bottles . That is why they nip you with their scissors , and it serves you right ! CHINA-GOING P 's and O 's Pass Pau Amma 's playground close , And his Pusat Tasek lies Near the track of most B.I. 's . U.Y.K. and N.D.L. Know Pau Amma 's home as well As the fisher of the Sea knows ` Bens , ' M.M. 's , and Rubattinos . But -LRB- and this is rather queer -RRB- A.T.L. 's can not come here ; O. and O. and D.O.A. Must go round another way . Orient , Anchor , Bibby , Hall , Never go that way at all . U.C.S. would have a fit If it found itself on it . And if ` Beavers ' took their cargoes To Penang instead of Lagos , Or a fat Shaw-Savill bore Passengers to Singapore , Or a White Star were to try a Little trip to Sourabaya , Or a B.S.A. went on Past Natal to Cheribon , Then great Mr. Lloyds would come With a wire and drag them home ! You 'll know what my riddle means When you 've eaten mangosteens . Or if you ca n't wait till then , ask them to let you have the outside page of the Times ; turn over to page 2 where it is marked ` Shipping ' on the top left hand ; then take the Atlas -LRB- and that is the finest picture-book in the world -RRB- and see how the names of the places that the steamers go to fit into the names of the places on the map . Any steamer-kiddy ought to be able to do that ; but if you ca n't read , ask some one to show it you .
THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF HEAR and XXXXX and listen ; for this befell and behappened and became and was , O my Best Beloved , when the Tame animals were wild .
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