"Well, now let me test your powers of observation. The other day I saw a Tow of beds in front of a house. What do you think it was?"
"A hospital," replied Alice promptly.
"That Dumpty. "But tell me thi a parcel?" Alice shook her head. a its Greek for an empty aid Humpty Dumpty contempt tously. "And the moral of this is: Don't send telegrams unless you have wires to pull." He yawned and then asked Alice whether she would like to learn Spanish, "No, I don't want to go to Canada," she said firmly. "And I suppose there is no moral in this."
"Only moral compulsion, child. And the moral is: Don't buy your licker before they take you for a ride. By the way, do you happen to know what a Security Officer is?"
Alice thought she might as well have a guess at it, so she said "That must be the gentleman who is looking after the Fifth Column."
"And the moral of this," went on Humpty Dumpty, "is: Clarity begins at home." Then he turned to Alice ith one final question before he dismissed her. "Do you like it here? and without waiting for her answer he concluded, "And the moral of this is: Don't get interned."
Enemy-Alien Internee.
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