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One afternoon as Joseph West, / The boy who learnt his lesson best, / Was trying how his whip would crack, / By chance he hit Sam Headstrong's back.
Enraged, he flew, and gave poor Joe, / With all his might, a sudden blow: / Nor would he listen to one word, / When Joe endeavoured to be heard.