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"For some ridiculous reason, to which, however, I've no desire to be disloyal,
Some person in authority, I don't know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal,
Has decided that, although for such a beastly month as February,
twenty-eight days as a rule are plenty,
One year in every four his days shall be reckoned as nine and twenty.
Through some singular coincidence -- I shouldn't be surprised if it were owing to the
agency of an ill-natured fairy --
You are the victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year,
on the twenty-ninth of February;
And so, by a simple arithmetical process, you'll easily discover,
That though you've lived twenty-one years, yet, if we go by birthdays,
you're only five and a little bit over!"

—The Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance

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-{{quote|''"For some ridiculous reason, to which, however, I've no desire to be disloyal,
+{{quote|''"For some ridiculous reason, to which, however, I've no desire to be disloyal,''
-Some person in authority, I don't know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal,
+''Some person in authority, I don't know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal,''
-Has decided that, although for such a beastly month as February,
+''Has decided that, although for such a beastly month as February,''
-twenty-eight days as a rule are plenty,
+''twenty-eight days as a rule are plenty,''
-One year in every four his days shall be reckoned as nine and twenty.
+''One year in every four his days shall be reckoned as nine and twenty.''
-Through some singular coincidence -- I shouldn't be surprised if it were owing to the
+''Through some singular coincidence -- I shouldn't be surprised if it were owing to the''
-agency of an ill-natured fairy --
+''agency of an ill-natured fairy --''
-You are the victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year,
+''You are the victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year,''
-on the twenty-ninth of February;
+''on the twenty-ninth of February;''
-And so, by a simple arithmetical process, you'll easily discover,
+''And so, by a simple arithmetical process, you'll easily discover,''
-That though you've lived twenty-one years, yet, if we go by birthdays,
+''That though you've lived twenty-one years, yet, if we go by birthdays,''
-you're only five and a little bit over!"''|'''The Pirate King''', ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''}}
+''you're only five and a little bit over!"''
+|The Pirate King|''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''}}
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