The doctor knit his eyebrows.
Tulip cried: `Be quick.
Please tell me what's the matter.
Am I very sick?'
`Not really,' said the doctor.
`You've a case of blabbermouth –
a very common problem;
I've seen it north and south.
It's caused by spreading gossip,
blabbing secrets here and there.
Though blabbermouth won't kill you;
it spreads trouble everywhere.'