blast you merlin this is all your fault you swore that you had taught me everything from a to zed with nary an omission in between well i shall tell you what you obviously forgot that s how a ruler rules a queen and what of teaching me by turning me to animal and bird from beaver to the smallest bobolink i should have had a whirl to change into a girl to learn the way the creatures think but wasnt there a night on a summer long gone by we passed a couple wrangling away and did i not say merlin what if that chap were i and did he not give counsel and say what was it now my minds a wall oh yes by jove now i recall how to handle a woman there s a way said the wise old man a way known by ev ry woman since the whole rigmarole began do i flatter her i begged him answer do i threaten or cajole or plead do i brood or play the gay romancer said he smiling no indeed how to handle a woman mark me well i will tell you sir the way to handle a woman is to love her love her love her mark me well i will tell you sir the way to handle a woman is to love her simply love her merely love her love her love her 