Too ticklish to Count His Ribs
Reading edition
(Written for Richard Montgomery, Erie, Pa.)
In the class of physiology the teacher asked one day, How many ribs have you, my boy, tell me, Dickie Gray? And wiggling, giggling Dickie very promptly made reply, "Dear teacher, I must tell the truth, for I could never lie, But as for ribs I cannot say how many I possess, For I'm too awful ticklish to count them, I confess."