THE BOOK OF
NIPS
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE BOOK OF THE DIVINE WIND
The Nips start making gewgaws
Chapter 26
cNot long after that, the Nips were busily manufacturing a bunch of gewgaws and trinkets of the kind that Yanks and Europeans seem to like so much,
2dAnd they only smiled and nodded when the Yanks made jokes about how cheap and shoddy their products were,
3Because the Nips have always been a highly civilized people,
4eAnd they had learned an important lesson from the Yanks,
5Which is why they liked the Yanks so much,
6fAnd smiled and nodded at them so much,
7gEven if they never really answered when someone asked them what the lesson was they had learned from the Yanks,
8But only smiled and nodded,
9hWhich proves how much they’ve changed,
10Because every roundeye knows that no one smiles and nods that much unless they’re really friendly,
11And good-hearted,
12And peace-loving,
13And highly civilized,
14Just like the Nips.
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