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The Adventures of Mr. Lear, the Polly and the Pusseybite on their way to the Ritertitle Mountains


Aug. 23, 1866.
1, Upper Hyde Park Gardens

Mr. Lear goes out a walking with Polly and the Pusseybite.

Mr. Lear, feeling tired, and also the Polly and the Pusseybite, sit down on a wall to rest.

Mr. Lear, the Polly and the Pusseybite go into a shop to buy a Numbrella, because it began to rain.

Mr. Lear, the Polly and the Pusseybite having purchased umbrellas, proceed on their walk.

Mr. Lear, the Polly and the Pusseybite arrive at a bridge, which being broken they do not know what to do.

Mr. Lear, the Polly and the Pusseybite all tumble promiscuous into the raging river and become quite wet.

A page missing here from the manuscript.

Mr. Lear, the Polly and the Pusseybite peruse their journey in a benevolent boat.

Mr. Lear, the Polly and the Pusseybite incidentally fall over an unexpected cataract, and are all dashed to atoms.

A page missing here from the manuscript.

The 2 venerable Jebusites fasten the remains of Mr. Lear, the Polly and the Pusseybite, but fail to reconstruct them perfectly as 3 individuals.

Mr. Lear and the Pusseybite and the Pollycat and the 2 Jebusites and the Jerusalem Artichokes and the Octogonal Oysterclippers all tumble into a deep hole and are never seen or distinguished or heard of never more afterwards.


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