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Ambition

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They brought the mighty chief to town;         They showed him strange, unwonted sights;         Yet as he wandered up and down,         He seemed to scorn their vain delights.         His face was grim, his eye lacked fire,         As one who mourns a glory dead;         And when they sought his heart's desire:         "Me like'um tooth same gold," he said.         A dental place they quickly found.         He neither moaned nor moved his head.         They pulled his teeth so white and sound;         They put in teeth of gold instead.         Oh, never saw I man so gay!         His very being seemed to swell:         "Ha! ha!" he cried, "Now Injun say         Me heap big chief, ME LOOK LIKE HELL."

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