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The Inventions of the Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
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"Then
you
want
me
to
go
abroad?"
said
the
Idiot.
"No,"
said
Mr.
Pedagog.
"No--not
so
much
that
as
that
we
feel
if
you
were
to
change
your
mind
the
change
could
not
fail
to
be
for
the
better.
A
mind
like
yours
ought
to
be
changed."
"Well,
I
don't
know,"
said
the
Idiot.
"I
suppose
it
would
be
a
good
thing
if
I
broke
it
up
into
smaller
denominations,
but
I've
had
it
so
long
that
I
have
become
attached
to
it;
but
there
is
one
thing
about
it,
there
is
plenty
of
it,
so
that
in
case
any
of
you
gentlemen
find
your
own
insufficient
I
shall
be
only
too
happy
to
give
you
a
piece
of
it
without
charge.
Meanwhile,
if
Mrs.
Pedagog
will
kindly
let
me
have
my
bill
for
last
week,
I'll
be
obliged."
"It
won't
be
ready
until
to-morrow,
Mr.
Idiot,"
said
the
landlady,
in
surprise.
"I'm
sorry,"
said
the
Idiot,
rising.
"My
scribbling-paper
has
run
out.
I
wanted
to
put
in
this
morning
writing
a
poem
on
the
back
of
it."
"A
poem?
What
about?"
said
Mr.
Pedagog,
with
an
irritating
chuckle.
"It
was
to
be
a
triolet
on
Omniscience,"
said
the
Idiot.
"And,
strange
to
say,
sir,
you
were
to
be
the
hero,
if
by
any
possibility
I
could
squeeze
you
into
a
French
form."
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