1,2,3--+Eve+Merriam

Three robbers trying to get rich rich rich stole a treasure from a niche niche niche, carried it offwithout a hitch hitch hitch until they fell into a ditch ditch ditch; then one fell into a terrible twitch twitch twitch, one felt a needle going stitch stitch stitch, one felt a tantalizing itch itch itch, but the night was black as pitch pitch pitch: so they couldn't tell which was which which which.