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Once an anthropoidal ape, / Hairy, savage, strange of shape, / On a day that was excessively B. C., / In a forest damp and dim, / With his tail round a limb, / Hung head downward from a neolithic tree; / And appeared to be lost in gloomy introspection.
In his dull primeval style, / He considered quite a while - / A comparatively thoughtful ape was he - / Then he drummed upon his chest, / And remarked: "I give it best! / Strike me lucky! This 'ere game's no good to me! / And I'm full up of the whole damn business!"