Fill in the table with the appropriate poem lines. A few lines may be used more than one time.
| Suggest the sage lacked practical common sense |
e.g. And swore he'd change the pigtail's place |
| make the poem humorous |
- 'Beacuse it hung behind him.'
- 'Not dangling there behind him.'
- 'Hung steadily behind him.'
- 'The pigtail hangs behind him.'
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| Show the clowning movements of the sage |
- 'He turned him round.'
- 'Then round and round, and out and in.'
- 'All day the puzzled sage did spin.'
- And up and down and in and out, he turned.'
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| That are actually funny but have a serious tone |
- 'In vain - it mattered not a pin.'
- 'Alas! Still faithful to his back.'
- 'The pig tail hangs behind him.'
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