/** Let's try to make a couplet based on the Lobster Quadrille.
 *  S --> "Here are some couplets..." A
 *  A --> e | CA                 (C stands for couplet)
 *  C --> "Will you walk a little faster said a whiting to a " T
 *  T --> "snail" M "tail" | "baboon" M "spoon" | "gnu" M "shoe" |
 *        "chimpanzee" M "knee" | "cat" M "hat" | "dog" M "log" |
 *        "fox" M "box" | "fish" M "dish" | "sable" M "table"
 *  M --> "There's a porpoise close behind me and he's treading on my "
 *
 *  We could make the middle part (M) more interesting by adding different
 *  followers and verbs besides porpoise and treading.
 */
public class Lobster
{
  public static void main(String [] args)
  {
    String S = "Here are some couplets.\n" + A();
    System.out.println(S);
  }

  // Let's have a 80% chance of continuing the story!
  public static String A()
  {
    if (Math.random() < .2)
      return "";
    else
      return C() + A();
  }

  public static String C()
  {
    return "\nWill you walk a little faster said a whiting to a " + T() + "\n";
  }

  public static String T()
  {
    int i = (int) (9.0 * Math.random());
    switch(i)
    {
      case 0: return "snail" + M() + "tail";
      case 1: return "baboon" + M() + "spoon";
      case 2: return "gnu" + M() + "shoe";
      case 3: return "chimpanzee" + M() + "knee";
      case 4: return "cat" + M() + "hat";
      case 5: return "dog" + M() + "log";
      case 6: return "fox" + M() + "box";
      case 7: return "fish" + M() + "dish";
      default: return "sable" + M() + "table";
    }
  }

  public static String M()
  {
    return "\nThere's a porpoise close behind me and he's treading on my ";
  }
}