Conceit Bowled Out!
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He was a clever cricketer,
And very proud of that;
Conceitedly one afternoon
He took his cricket bat.
But when he at the wicket saw
His sister with her curls,
He turned his nose up so, and said:
"I never play with girls!
"They're molly-coddles all," he cried;
"They always spoil a match;
They cannot field or bowl a bit--
They cannot even catch!
However, just this once I'll play!"
O, pride had such a fall:
You should have heard them shout--a girl
Had bowled him out first ball!