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Updated: October 27, 2026
"I'll bet he would have choked on some of your big words, though, History," growled a little fellow called "Jumbo." But the man at his side, known to fame as "Punk," broke in with a crushing: "Aw, let up on that old Dutchman of a Demoskenes, and let's talk business." So they all got their heads together again and discussed their affairs with the solemnity due to their importance.
Only one of the Twelve had a remark to make for some time, and that was a small-framed, big-spectacled gnome called "History." He leaned over and said to his elbow-companion, "Bobbles": "Tug is a regular Demoskenes!" "Who's Demoskenes?" whispered Bobbles. "Why, don't you remember him?" said History, proudly. "He was the fellow that used to fill his mouth full of pebbles before he talked."