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O, I An PRINCE. OF THE INKY IMP5 
 
 AND KINGi OF THE- BLOTTENTOT CREN)/; 
 
 f^y ancestkele. has a pedigree 
 Op a Royal pu'rt^lish hue.. 
 
 Once NY lot w\s a dark blue spot 
 
 FLIPPED ON A MILK-WHITE SEA, 
 A CREASE AND A FOLD -AND A BUCCANEER. BOLD 
 OUT .JUMPED— AND THAT WAS ME! 
 
BLOTTENTOT6 
 
 AND HOW TO MAKE THEM 
 
 JOHN PROSPER CARMf.L 
 
 PAUL ELDER AMD COMPANY 
 Sam FRANCI5C0 AND MtW YORK 
 
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Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 
 in 2007 with funding from 
 
 Microsoft Corporation 
 
 http://www.archive.org/details/blottentotshowtoOOcarnnrich 
 
HOW TO MAKE BL0TTEMT0T6 
 
 To ma^Ke <3k funrry Blottentot^ 
 rir6t taKe <2i piece of paper, 
 
 5plAsK Oh 6ome ink, cn iirv^lc 3po"t, 
 C^CA^e, press 3 but cut r\o CApcr. 
 
 Doh't creaise exactly c^t the blot— 
 >(^u'll K<^ve <^ fe^vrrul muddle ; 
 
 Press ^e^ntLy^too, di^nci not e^ lot, 
 Uriless^oct WAr\t A puddle. 
 
 NX/itK everything we huTn<\ns c^o, 
 Prdctcce m^kei us <^t=ter; 
 
 So start at once, you'll find it true 
 At the end of your first chapter. 
 
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O 1 a * o , 
 
 A FLIT-f LIT FLITTER 
 
 In the redlms of wondcrldndi 
 >Such flies do ^a.ily flitter, 
 
 But when theyVe Ju^t a blot of ink 
 Of course they cannot" flitter. 
 
 They f I itter, flutter round caboul:, 
 The^e Flitter-Flitter-flitters, 
 
 O'er dewy flowVy sunny meeids. 
 The i^hte^t;br^hte5t critters. 
 
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A GOBBLt-ME-UP 
 
 NX/eedy^ greedy Gobble -Mc- Up, 
 
 Your mouth is d fearful size. 
 Do ^ou live on little ^irls And boy. 
 Or merely ca^kes e^r^d piesf 
 
 -3- 
 
1W0 BUCKING NICiHTMARE5 
 
 Two bucking nightmares ran out to nci^h, 
 Thinkinb it ni^ht,but found it day, 
 oo took to their heels in 5ore dismAy,- 
 Irn 'fraid they sttlL arc running a>A^. 
 
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STRANGE BUT TRUE! 
 
 Mow it seems to be ^CArcely credible, 
 A difficult thin^ to tHink, 
 
 TWa^t Such A strAn^e ^rot^esauerle 
 Was pressed from ^k drop of ink. 
 
 But word for word 1 tell ^ou. 
 As true AS word c^n be, 
 
 Tk^t in Its hrv<^kir^g tha^re was nAu^kt 
 But the blindest chAnccrle. 
 
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LAW-MAKER5 
 
 Tom and Johhny Make-the- Uw, 
 
 TAlk^^tiv€ (^nd lazy, 
 StAhding on a "Thtn^uTnAJt^ 
 
 Comic<AL ahd crazy. 
 \ou <^re ju5t A pAtr of Imp^j 
 With but one leg tKa^t bexdiy limps. 
 
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Ml5TRtS5 NELL 
 
 QAdzooks^ NelL Owynnel 
 
 How did you ^<zt In? 
 Did you waIK or were you brougf^t 
 in your cKair? 
 
 Your dress is perfection 
 
 To the sm<DiU€st section 
 Of stomdcKer^ cjulltin^ ^^rid K^lr. 
 
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A PROFESSIONAL TIFF 
 
 Said Dr. ^l^indleshAnks, 
 'Mil sfekhd no silly pranks !^' 
 VouVc nothing but a f^ri^! 
 3^ld Dr. Funny wj^. 
 Then, making e^cK ^>^ f<3^ce. 
 They went off 6t <^ f>2xce . 
 
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^AFL AT A DI5TAMCt 
 
 Vbu bi^ Bu^Aboo! 
 \X/€ didn't w<2khtyou. 
 But" really now th^t vouVe come. 
 If you. k€€f> f<^r Awe^ 
 We'll fpcrmlt you to stdy, 
 Ju^t <as lon6 AS vou. keep cjuite dumb. 
 
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 Tttm AMD TIMY 
 
 Teeny ^nd Tirw Pugnoses 
 
 Havc dtscovered two becAuttfut ro6es. 
 But the sterns cxre ^o tAlL 
 They c^n't reach them at aLL, 
 
 Though they st^t\ci on the ttps 
 of their toeses. 
 
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IMPISH 
 
 You Cdit\ see by the look of thi5 
 bi^-footed >Sf>rLtc5 
 Th^t just the one thtn^ ttvat 
 <xf fords him del^Kt 
 Is to ^cve <^ l^i$h jump -dknci land 
 or\ your toe. 
 On the very 3Ame sf^ot: where 
 the biggest corns ^roW. 
 
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I 
 
 A LITTLL (qRAS5 MIDQET 
 
 This is A UttU _gtv»s« Mlc(6et, 
 
 As you know A mos1; tetri-lble fid^t 
 
 For A mon"th every yea^r 
 
 He wdkfcs it <^u'itc cU2hr 
 
 That he is a UttU ^rdss Mid^t. 
 
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5lAliE5L TWINS? 
 
 I hope tKeyVc on p<2^^s, 
 
 E>ecAU5e tf tWeyVe le^^, 
 
 TKcv e^re al to^<2,tK<2 r shocking. 
 
 TKey K<ave no feet. 
 
 And Almoitr 7T>ce"t , 
 
 And KAven'tr tke ^j^n of a stock/h6. 
 
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A KANQAR-R005TER-R00 
 
 Why, K^veb oar de^r old hopper, 
 
 Our KarvdAr-rooster^roo ! 
 A«^<d ^eeLr\6 Ke'5 ^such a^ whopper^ 
 lUL certAtaly not 3<^y '*v5hod'*! 
 
 1 Kef% tKcve <3iv€ two , you. see , 
 
 Oo I c± better hold rny pcace^ 
 Or they m<ay sLt on me 
 
 Ar^d le^^vc htx€ <i^ crumple4 crease 
 
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A 5URPR15& 
 
 Got Ltp en dx "tree, 
 Ahci found Another — 
 
 The fACvS^imiU. 
 ''Ok dcAr! oh my\'' 
 
 He 5e^ui Jumping Ki^K, 
 **lt'^ surely tr\y brother — 
 
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CONSIDERATE 
 
 You ju»np over "bo me* 5Atcl 3ue. 
 
 *I \A/«sK you v/oLild come to me', 
 
 ^ej^icl Loo; 
 As SLcre AS 1 jump 
 I'll kick tKat stuTn(=>> 
 5o re<illy I'cl rather let you. 
 
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R15KY 
 
 Mow this Is just tKc funniest ro^ue, 
 A Brownie <^% black as tr\k , 
 
 And wKd^t Ke'^ ctoin^ |:?crchecl uf> there, 
 r'»T\ 3urc ^ CArir\o"t iKiTik • 
 
 H^'5 Koldin;$ Kis arm^ like a j^a^tr of »il«) 
 Pe,r K&|DS he'3 tryir^ to fly. 
 
 Let Is hope Ke wonf be f>la^ij^ fKat^^mc 
 WKe.f> y<5<-i <Mr\cL I (>ass by. 
 
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DOCiCiEREL 
 
 Here are the ^tran^st pAir of do^5, 
 \X/K<xt 6ort I CAhnoi: tell. 
 
 But juclgtn^ by tKeir noses shar|9 
 Thev KAve the sense of smell ' 
 
 Their t^^lLs are Yery,ver^ (or^, — 
 
 But* docs «.t really m<atter? 
 By the very way they ^t<^re at^d ^ArlT 
 
 XheyVe hxid <\s <xir\ 
 
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 KAtt 
 
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A WARNlMq 
 
 QoUlwo^s Or Ou.ee5 f 
 AtwKow^ ^ou'd. best look ou-t, — 
 TkcyVe j«^st ^bout "to sneeze! 
 
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THE LATE.5T DI5C0VERY 
 
 Iv^ just discovered <^ mArvclous w^y 
 
 Of making tKcsc B(ott€ntots mottled <V\<4^rAy; 
 If you promise you never will ^Kow ^t\y one 
 I'll tell you tke secret of Kow It Is <Lcnc. 
 
 lake two bottles of Lnk,or\e thick <arKi one th in^ 
 Of citffcrent kld^cks,AncL cLLp ^our pen in; 
 Frohp\ e<^cK ^pl^sK-^j. <drop -At the very sd^mz. sf>ot, 
 I Ken cic AS be-fore, only |:>re53cri^ <a lot:. 
 
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Wh^t makes tKcsc LittLc ^ri^6 so 5A<i7 
 n<i^v^ ^hey beer^ u-p to something b^ct 
 
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LAMKY DOODLE. 
 
 LAt\ky Doodle Ck^nf\e to town 
 WltKout his Little \^ony , 
 
 Stuck A feather In his h^ 
 NX/itK bits of m<^cAronl. 
 
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THt DAMCL 
 
 JIy^Iz your bells ^i^d your +Ambourine 
 For just 5ucK <x dAnce c\s you rvevcr Kan/c ^ccm; 
 SucK swisKi]^^ of skirts, Ancl^lAr>cina of feet. 
 Such bowth^ dK\nc[ bArtth0,then runntnd Vo meet; 
 Oo Jingle, yocir bells ^^cl your "tambourtne, 
 AndL keep irKcm <a- ci^nctri^ from mornind "till ccn. 
 
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La^K OUT FOR HIM! 
 
 H 
 
 fe's 
 
 ffyiiA^ in tKe air, 
 Oo j/oui Are SAfe And ^ouncL^ 
 But ^ou. hftcl better skip 
 
 when he lights upon the <^rour\d 
 
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MACBETH 
 
 Act I , sSccnc 1. 
 
 "NX/Kcn sKaII we 'two* meet a^in — 
 Ii^ thunder, li^htnin^, or in rAirv? 
 
 ^'NX/hen the hurly-burly *s d.one , 
 Nj^Kcr^ the battle '^ lost ^r>a won** 
 
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PERPLEXINQ 
 
 c^uecr 
 
 UttU 
 
 _j _ wj^Kt", 
 
 Vc V y ^trd^nge Ly dC^ Kt", 
 
 Looked so mtJich Like his brother, 
 
 "TKd^t, believe me , Lt*s true. 
 
 No or\e ever knew 
 
 How to tell orte from t'other. 
 
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MERELY ACCIDENTAL 
 
 In such bcAuttful Ce^pes 
 
 Arc the silliest Con trA diet ton.. 
 
 But tKey simply *^'cAmcV 
 
 Oo Im not: to bt^me •, 
 
 NX/itK Blottenirots there '5 ho redriciion 
 
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BIRD5 Of A FEATHE-R 
 
 Now r^Ally it is sKockcr\d !*\nAte(y SAid 
 
 \o iKlnk i-K<^t you Arc mockind ^a^ncL 
 
 hr^Akcn^ fun of me. 
 Vou Wdive, your wiKds And YuffdVi^^ 
 
 ■fcKe very SAme as I, 
 Oo you nc^d noi: "fcu-rn. your nose u-Jo, 
 
 Wi+K ^ irwCnkLe In your ey^^ 
 
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A DE-DUCK- TION 
 
 Pluck 
 A duck. 
 Of «* Wm6 . 
 
 AUck! ~^ 
 He'll <^udck, 
 Arvd not SU\^. 
 
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AN OVERSIGHT 
 
 Two Rabbits met tyfnd shook (NO^Md^ one d^ 
 In irhc^t-txvest possible kind of a wAy. 
 But wKat* WAS tbe ceruse of thetr .serious mien 
 From our picture Is hot very ee^slly 3een. 
 The^H been Jollier f^r tf they'd stopped to sup 
 "The honew<c( mee^d. from the buttercup . 
 
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QUITE THE THINGi 
 Woras f^a 
 
 To clet<\lL, 
 
 I CAr\ only smile. 
 
 Vour s^Ltut*e 
 
 Is cccte 
 
 And just perfect ^te 
 
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QUAINT AND QUEER 
 
 A funny f^Atr, 
 
 The funniest you Coulcl 3ce, 
 
 Met one d^y 
 
 In <^ stv^n^ ^rrdLy, 
 
 Xhe stran^e5"t th<xt couU be 
 
 EdiCK stood, ^lnd ^tAved 
 
 A6 tf Ke feared 
 
 TKAt Ke would det <1 \pokc ; 
 
 Bu,t LAu^Ked "to find 
 
 "The other kind. 
 
 And thought it aU a joke . 
 
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FIMI5 CALliO'i^:.^ 
 
 Before, I KAdl sortie C^ssowArtes, 
 Now I Kavc "two D^'on-ie dories. 
 
 So jtxstr to LeAve some sKa^pes for ^ou, 
 lUao^^f T>vy CAf> <Ar\ci SAJ/ cxdieu.. 
 
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