I do n't mind it myself , because I am a Head Chief , but it 's very bad for the rest of the Tribe of Tegumai , and , as you can see , it surprises the stranger . ' Then they adopted the Stranger-man -LRB- a genuine Tewara of Tewar -RRB- into the Tribe of Tegumai , because he was a gentleman and did not make a fuss about the mud that the Neolithic ladies had put into his hair . But from that day to this -LRB- and I suppose it is all Taffy 's fault -RRB- , very few little girls have ever liked learning to read or write . Most of them prefer to draw pictures and play about with their Daddies -- just like Taffy . THERE runs a road by Merrow Down -- A grassy track to-day it is An hour out of Guildford town , Above the river Wey it is . Here , when they heard the horse-bells ring , The ancient Britons dressed and rode To watch the dark Phoenicians bring Their goods along the Western Road . And here , or hereabouts , they met To hold their racial talks and such -- To barter beads for Whitby jet , And tin for gay shell torques and such . But long and long before that time -LRB- When bison used to roam on it -RRB- Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down , and had their home on it . Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands : And hears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands . The Wey , that Taffy called Wagai , Was more than six times bigger then ; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then ! HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai -LRB- we will still call her Taffy , Best Beloved -RRB- made that little mistake about her Daddy 's spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all , she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy . Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave , but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early , and they fished . Presently she began to giggle , and her Daddy said , ` Do n't be silly , child . ' ` But was n't it inciting ! ' said Taffy . ` Do n't you remember how the Head Chief puffed out his cheeks , and how funny the nice Stranger-man looked with the mud in his hair ? ' ` Well do I , ' said Tegumai . ' I had to pay two deerskins -- soft ones with fringes -- to the Stranger-man for the things we did to him . ' ` We did n't do anything , ' said Taffy . ` It was Mummy and the other Neolithic ladies -- and the mud . '
` We wo n't talk about that , ' XXXXX her Daddy , ` Let 's have lunch . '
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