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Updated: July 27, 2025

Trot was astonished to hear such words from a stranger whom they had greeted quite properly, and Cap'n Bill grew red at the little man's rudeness. But the sailor said, in a quiet tone of voice: "Are you the only one as lives on this 'ere island?" "Your grammar's bad," was the reply. "But this is my own exclusive island, and I'll thank you to get off it as soon as possible."

L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum - The Scarecrow of Oz