Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17): Fun and Thought for Little FolkVarious
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Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17): Fun and Thought for Little Folk
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This is the _Lady_ in gay brocade who followed the Knight with the
red cockade who rode on the Horse that pranced and neighed when
he saw the Woodman sober and staid who slung the Ax with a
shining blade that chopped the Tree of a dusky shade that gave
the Wood that heated the Oven that baked the Cake that fed the
Doll that lived in the House that Jill built.
This is the _Glittering Cavalcade_ that rode after the Lady in gay
brocade who followed the Knight with the red cockade who rode
on the Horse that pranced and neighed when he saw the Woodman
sober and staid who slung the ax with a shining blade that
chopped the Tree of a dusky shade that gave the Wood that heated
the Oven that baked the Cake that fed the Doll that lived in the
House that Jill built.
This is the _Donkey_ who loudly brayed at sight of the Glittering
Cavalcade that rode after the Lady in gay brocade who followed
the Knight with the red cockade who rode on the Horse that
pranced and neighed when he saw the Woodman sober and staid who
slung the Ax with a shining blade that chopped the Tree of a
dusky shade that gave the Wood that heated the Oven that baked
the Cake that fed the Doll that lived in the House that Jill
built.
This is the _King_ who was much dismayed to hear the Donkey who loudly
brayed at sight of the Glittering Cavalcade that rode after the
Lady in gay brocade who followed the Knight with the red cockade
who rode on the Horse that pranced and neighed when he saw the
Woodman sober and staid who slung the Ax with a shining blade
that chopped the Tree of a dusky shade that gave the Wood that
heated the Oven that baked the Cake that fed the Doll that lived
in the House that Jill built.
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG[H]
An old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked
sixpence. "What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence? I
will go to market, and buy a little pig."
As she was coming home, she came to a stile, but the piggy wouldn't go
over the stile.
She went a little further, and she met a dog. So she said to him: "Dog!
dog! bite pig, piggy won't go over the stile; and I shan't get home
to-night." But the dog wouldn't.
She went a little further, and she met a stick. So she said: "Stick!
stick! beat dog! dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile; and
I shan't get home to-night." But the stick wouldn't.
She went a little further, and she met a fire. So she said: "Fire! fire!
burn stick, stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get
over the stile; and I shan't get home to-night." But the fire wouldn't.
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