It was a good thimble though the magic
Had almost run out before we made it.
Useless in a fight unless your foe
Was very small – a mouse, perhaps
Though why should you be fighting mice?
There was, too, a needle. Our stored magic
Was quite gone by then but needles
Generally have their own. (Just try
Making a shirt or mending a coat
With a sword!) It takes nine tailors
To make a man but what do suppose
They could make if a tenth joined them?
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