# prints the string
print "Mary had a little lamb."
# prints the string, inserting the string 'snow'
print "Its fleece was white as %s." % 'snow'
# prints the string
print "And everywhere that Mary went."
# prints the string '.' 10 times
print "." * 10   # what'd that do?

# these lines all define strings
end1 = "C"
end2 = "h"
end3 = "e"
end4 = "e"
end5 = "s"
end6 = "e"
end7 = "B"
end8 = "u"
end9 = "r"
end10 = "g"
end11 = "e"
end12 = "r"

# watch that comma at the end. Try removing it to see what happens
# the comma & new line causes the strings to be printed on the same
# line but with a space between them
# these print the strings in order, on the same line
print end1 + end2 + end3 + end4 + end5 + end6,
print end7 + end8 + end9 + end10 + end11 + end12