Dr. Herbert Benjamin
Send your gloom to doom,
And then your joy will bloom.
So remember, when you roam
Far away from home,
The comfort in a poem.
But when Henry finished reciting the lady was crying
once again.
“I’m sorry,” said Henry. “Didn’t you like it?”
“Oh I loved it,” said the pretty young lady. “I’m not
at all sad any more. I’m just smiling so hard there are
tears of happiness in my eyes.”
“Gee,” said Henry, “Where do all those tears come
from?”
“Oh I don’t know,” said the lady. “They just come. Now
tell me more about yourself. Where do you come from,
and where are you going?”
“Me?” said Henry. “Well, my name is Henry. I’m
sort of the problem pickle in the family. I’ve always had
a yearning to travel, and tonight I’m finally taking a trip
through the whole world.“
“The whole world!” said the lady. “All around the
world? In one night?”
“Is the world round?” asked Henry.
“Round as an apple!” said the lady.
“Round as Alice the Apple?” said Henry.
“I guess so,” said the lady.
“Would you tell me how to go around it then?”
Henry asked.
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