 Jew's harp from the Dave Thomson collection |
A jews-harp's plenty good enough for a rat.
All animals likes music -- in a prison they dote on it. Specially, painful
music; and you can't get no other kind out of a jews-harp. It always interests
them; they come out to see what's the matter with you. Yes, you're all right;
you're fixed very well. You want to set on your bed, nights, before you
go to sleep, and early in the mornings, and play your jews-harp; play The
Last Link is Broken -- that's the thing that'll scoop a rat, quicker'n anything
else: and when you've played about two minutes, you'll see all the rats,
and the snakes, and spiders, and things begin to feel worried about you,
and come. And they'll just fairly swarm over you, and have a noble good
time. - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
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