"You just strung a lot of names together.
Anybody can do that." "You do it, then," proposed Kitty.

"Make a verse with the boys' names in it." "Malcolm, Ranald, and Rob, Jamie, Freddy, Keith," he began, boldly, then hesitated.

"There isn't any rhyme for Keith." "Change them around," suggested Malcolm.

The girls would not help, and the whole row of boys floundered among the names for a while, unwilling to be beaten by the youngest member of the party, and a girl, at that.

Finally, by their united efforts and a hint from Miss Allison, they succeeded.
"Malcolm, Ranald, and Rob, Keith and Freddy, and James, Joe the Ogre, and George.