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Rudyard Kipling - The Crab That Played with the SeaRudyard Kipling - The Crab That Played with the Sea
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China-going P. & O.`s         Pass Pau Amma`s playground close,         And his Pusat Tasek lies         Near the track of most B.I.`s.         N.Y.K. and N.D.L.         Know Pau Amma`s home as well         As the Fisher of the Sea knows         "Bens," M.M.`s and Rubattinos.         But (and this is rather queer)         A.T.L.`s can qiot come here;         O. and O. and D.O.A.         Must go round another way.         Orient, Anchor, Bibby, Hall,         Never go that way at all.         U.C.S. would have a fit         If it found itself on it.         And  if  "Beavers" took their cargoes         To Penang instead of Lagos,         Or a fat Shaw-Savill bore         Passengers to Singapore,         Or a White Star were to try a         Little trip to Sourabaya,         Or a B.S.A. went on         Past Natal to Cheribon,         The the great Mr. Lloyds would come          Whith a wire and drag them home!           .            .             .              .           .          You will know what my riddle means          When you`ve eaten mangosteens.
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