Chapter XXVI: Wales

_See the Welsh Rabbit--he is bred on cheese;_
_(Or cheese on bread, whichever way you please)._
_Although he's tough, he looks so mild, who'd think_
_That a strong man from this small beast would shrink?_
_Carolyn Wells._

Wales is the home of the Welsh bards so called because the language in which they are written, which resembles a mixture of Chech, Chinese, Celtic and Chocktaw, is _barred_ from the concert and operatic stage.

The most famous products of Wales are the Welsh Rabbit, the Prince of Wales and Lloyd George.

The Welsh Rabbit, born in a chafing dish and prolific as his namesake of Australia, has spread all over the Giddy Globe and been a potent factor in keeping the world awake.

Lloyd George too (strange parallel!) was born in a political chafing dish and has been an even more powerful factor in keeping the world awake.

Let us hope that the Prince of Wales (Bless him) will follow in the footsteps of this illustrious pair and live to keep the world awake long after this Geography has gone into its hundred thousandth edition!

The Prince has been immortalized in the following lines:

_"Hurray!" cried the Kitten,_
_"Hurray!"_
_As he merrily set the sails,_
_"I sail o'er the ocean_
_today, today,_
_To look at the Prince of Wales!"_

_"Oh, Kitten, pause at the brink!_
_And think of the angry gales!"_
_"Ah, yes," cried the Kitten, "but think!_
_Oh, think of the Prince of Wales!"_

_"But, Kitten," I cried, dismayed,_
_"If you live through the angry gales_
_You know you will be afraid_
_To look at the Prince of Wales!"_

_Said the Kitten, "No such thing!_
_Why should he make me wince?_
_If a Cat may look at a King,_
_A Kitten may look at a Prince!"_

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