Oh, there’s an individual who ev’rywhere abounds,
Thro’ trains and shops and offices he makes his busy rounds,
And in and out for ever he is going o’er and o’er,
To keep somebody after him attending to the door!
In sultry summer, when to catch a cooling breeze we’ve tried,
And carefully have opened every door and window wide,
’Tis then you may be certain as he vanishes from sight,
He’ll die but that he’ll shut the door--and close it very tight!
But when the winds of winter come, with cold and biting breath,
Oh, then it is the awful wretch is tickled ’most to death!
His sense of pleasure reaches to a point that is sublime;
He never fails to leave the door wide open every time!
80. A man agrees to work for £8 a year and a suit of clothes. He left
at the end of seven months, and received £2 13s. 4d. and his clothes.
What is the value of the suit?
81. A bought four horses for £120. For the second he gave £3 more
than for the first, for the third £2 more than for the second, and
for the fourth £6 more than the third. Find price of each.
82. With eight pieces of card of the shape of figure A, four of
figure B and four of figure C, and of proportionate sizes, form a
perfect square.
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