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PAINS-TAKING by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: TAKE PAINS,' GROWLED THE TOOTH TO THE DENTIST
Last Line: "YOU'LL HAVE TAKEN MOST PAINS OF THE TWO."
Subject(s): DENTISTS;
Take pains," growled the Tooth to the Dentist;
"The same," said the Dentist, "to you."
Then he added, "No doubt,
Before you are out
You'll have taken most pains of the two."



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