Chub Toad, Chub toad, chub toad
At the door.
Run away quick
Or you’ll run no more.
—Traditional children’s rhyme and Aluren, Squee bounced up and down. “I sees a horsey, an’ a piggy, an’ a—”
“If you don’t shut up,” hissed Mirri, “you’ll see a kidney and a spleeny.”