Henpeck'd he was. He learnt to bike.
"Now I can go just where I like,"
He chuckled to himself. But she
Had learnt to bike as well as he,
And, what was more, had bought a new
Machine to sweetly carry two.
Ever together now they go,
He sighing, "This is wheel _and_ woe."
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Illustration: "WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS," &c.
_He_ (_alarmed by the erratic steering_). "Er--and have you driven
much?"
_She_ (_quite pleased with herself_). "Oh, no--this is only my second
attempt. But then, you see, I have been used to a _bicycle_ for years!"
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