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Story 112

Miss Beale

Miss Beale jumped into her keel with rod and reel, and said to herself,

“Oh how lucky I feel. Maybe today I will catch a shark or a seal.”

But as hard as she fished and as hard as she wished, all she could
catch was a boot heel and a slimy eel!

Story 113

O’Neill’s Spiel

For the good of the commonweal

I make this earnest appeal

To strike up a workable deal―
One that is just, not unreal,

One that shall make our economy heal.

All taxes we shall repeal,

Except for one we’ll double on steak and veal.

On this proposal, we should place our state seal,
Doing it with utmost zeal.

Now let’s let the bells ring out a joyous peal!