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Mehitabel, Claribel, Bessie, and Sue / All in white lawn and ribbons pale blue. / Went into a drug store; each sat on a stool, / And called for some phosphate to make them all cool. / "Oh! what is that big copper thing over there? " / Asked Bessie the gay one, asked Bessie the fair. / "Why that," said the clerk, "is the thing with which we / Charge the phosphate and soda we sell, don't you see? " / "How nice," said bright Bessie and then they all rose, / And shook out their ruffles and beautiful clothes; / "Please charge those we had," said the girls -- then they flew, / Mehitabel, Claribel, Bessie, and Sue.