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The Lambikin
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So his Granny made a nice little drumikin out of his brother's skin,

with the wool inside, and Lambikin curled himself up snug and warm in the middle, and trundled away gaily. Soon he met with the Eagle, who called out:


"Drumikin! Drumikin!
Have you seen Lambikin? "


And Mr. Lambikin, curled up in his soft warm nest replied:


"Fallen into the fire, and so will you
On little Drumikin. Tum-pa, tum-too!"


"How very annoying!" sighed the Eagle, thinking regretfully of the tender morsel he had let slip.

Meanwhile Lambikin trundled along, laughing to himself, and singing:


"Tum-pa, tum-too;
Tum-pa, tum-too!"


Every animal and bird he met asked him the same question:


"Drumikin! Drumikin!
Have you seen Lambikin?"


And to each of them the little slyboots replied:


"Fallen into the fire, and so will you
On little Drumikin. Tum-pa, tum-too;
Tum-pa, tum-too; Tum-pa, tum-too!"