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A Python I should not advise, -- / It needs a doctor for its eyes, / And has the measles yearly.
However, if you feel inclined / To get one (to improve your mind, / And not from fashion merely), / Allow no music near its cage; / And when it flies into a rage / Chastise it, most severely.
I had an aunt in Yucatan / Who bought a Python from a man / And kept it for a pet.
She died, because she never knew / These simple little rules and few; --
The Snake is living yet.