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The Scorpion is as black as soot, He dearly loves to bite; He is a most unpleasant brute To find in bed at night.
The Scorpion
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The poem
The Scorpion is as black as soot, He dearly loves to bite; He is a most unpleasant brute To find in bed at night.
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