“There was a Young Lady whose bonnet
Came untied when birds sate upon it;
But she said, ‘I don’t care! all the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my bonnet.’ ”
“First you brush a while, and then you comb, and then you brush again until all the twigs and snarls are gone. Then you divide it up in three and braid it like this and tie a ribbon around the end.”