The lavender dragon

part is the louse talking to his Maker.”

He then sang these words in a deep and sonorous bass, which the dragon had no difficulty in hearing.

_A CHAT_

_Pediculus_

“Almighty One, I grieve to find That in your everlasting nous, For reasons hidden from my mind, Your servant you have made a louse.

“It was your parasitic whim All creatures that on earth do dwell, ...