But long and long before that time -LRB- When bison used to roam on it -RRB- Did Taffy and her Daddy climb That down , and had their home on it . Then beavers built in Broadstone brook And made a swamp where Bramley stands : And hears from Shere would come and look For Taffimai where Shamley stands . The Wey , that Taffy called Wagai , Was more than six times bigger then ; And all the Tribe of Tegumai They cut a noble figure then ! HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE THE week after Taffimai Metallumai -LRB- we will still call her Taffy , Best Beloved -RRB- made that little mistake about her Daddy 's spear and the Stranger-man and the picture-letter and all , she went carp-fishing again with her Daddy . Her Mummy wanted her to stay at home and help hang up hides to dry on the big drying-poles outside their Neolithic Cave , but Taffy slipped away down to her Daddy quite early , and they fished . Presently she began to giggle , and her Daddy said , ` Do n't be silly , child . ' ` But was n't it inciting ! ' said Taffy . ` Do n't you remember how the Head Chief puffed out his cheeks , and how funny the nice Stranger-man looked with the mud in his hair ? ' ` Well do I , ' said Tegumai . ' I had to pay two deerskins -- soft ones with fringes -- to the Stranger-man for the things we did to him . ' ` We did n't do anything , ' said Taffy . ` It was Mummy and the other Neolithic ladies -- and the mud . ' ` We wo n't talk about that , ' said her Daddy , ` Let 's have lunch . ' Taffy took a marrow-bone and sat mousy-quiet for ten whole minutes , while her Daddy scratched on pieces of birch-bark with a shark 's tooth . Then she said , ` Daddy , I 've thinked of a secret surprise . You make a noise -- any sort of noise . ' ` Ah ! ' said Tegumai . ` Will that do to begin with ? '
` Yes , ' said XXXXX .
Bramley Broadstone Chief Metallumai Mummy Neolithic Taffimai Taffy Tegumai fringes