The man in the wilderness
Asked me,
How many strawberries
Grew in the sea?
I answered him
As I thought good,
As many as red herrings
Grew in the wood.
The man in the wilderness asked me,
"How many strawberries grow in the salt sea?"
I answered him, as I thought good,
As many a ship as sails in the wood.
The man in the wilderness asked me
why His hen could swim and his pig could fly.
I answered him as I thought best,
"They were both born in a cuckoo's nest."
The man in the wilderness asked me
to tell All the sands in the sea and I counted them well.
He said he with a grin, "And not one more?"
I answered him, "Now you go make sure."