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BAMBI
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“He did. He liked my looks enormously. I could see it.”

“Did you call a policeman?”

“Not I. Do you think I am a ‘bitty-lum’?"

“A what?” he asked.

Once a pig molicepan,
Saw a bitty-lum,
Sitting on a surbcone,
Chewing gubber rum.
Hi, said the molicepan,
Will you sim me gome?
Tinny on your nintype,
Said the bitty-lum.”

“How old are you?” inquired Jarvis.

“Well, I’ve got all my teeth.”

“What did you do with the old masher?”

“I squelched him.”

“Did he go away?”

She nodded.

“You must be more careful on the streets, Bambi. People misunderstand you.”

“Well, I can always explain myself,” she added, laughing.

“Then what did you do?”