The Beaver brought paper, portfolio, pens,

⁠And ink in unfailing supplies:

While strange creepy creatures came out of their dens,

⁠And watched them with wondering eyes.

So engrossed was the Butcher, he heeded them not,

⁠As he wrote with a pen in each hand,

And explained all the while in a popular style

⁠Which the Beaver could well understand.

"Taking Three as the subject to reason about—

⁠A convenient number to state—

We add Seven, and Ten, and then multiply out

⁠By One Thousand diminished by Eight.