III.     
     Ha! Ha!” he cried, “I know what I’ll do,
     I'll skin a little bean
     Or perhaps, I’ll make it two --,
     And then I’ll be a perfect scream.
                          IV.
     A little navy bean he bought
     Then homeward he did spin,
     And on a little stool he “sat”,
     And began to skin the bean.
                          V.  
     First he used a pen-knife
     Then he used a hatchet
     But then he wailed like a fife,
     For ho couldn’t even scrat chet!
                        VI.
     Then he said to me “you ape!
     Can you skin this bean?
     I’ve certainly Been you akin agrape
     The slickestI’ve ever seen.