¹     When Michael met the So-wi-bam, he really got a shock.
 
²     The So-wi-bam burst in the door and didn't even knock.
 
³     "How rude," said Mike, "Please ring the bell or knock before you come."
 
⁴     The So-wi-bam sat down and said, "Got ice cream? I want some!"
 
⁵     Mike could not believe his eyes, or what his ears had heard.
 
⁶     What kind of person walks right in without a knock or word?
 
⁷     "I am a So-wi-bam," he said. "I do not need to be polite.
 
⁸     I'll throw a tantrum when I want, and I am always right.
 
⁹     Someone-With-Bad-Manners is my official name,
 
¹⁰     but you can call me So-wi-bam, to me it's all the same."
 
¹¹     Mike closed the door and came right back so he could say hello.
 
¹²     The So-wi-bam sat on the floor and fiddled with his toe.

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