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Rut-a-Tut-Tuts

Rut-a-tut-tuts!
Who can crack nuts?
Squirrels, can you?
“That we can, true—
Rut-a-tut-tuts,
We can crack nuts!”
Chicketty-chack,
Cracketty-crack.
“Pooh!” said the hammer,
“Silence your clamor,
Rut-a-tut-tuts—
Who can't crack nuts?”