O opened it. P peeped at it. Q quartered it. [Illustration] R ran for it. S stole it. T tried for it. V viewed it. [Illustration] X Y Z & Amperse-and, All wished for A piece in hand. [Illustration] [Illustration] Pussy sits beside the fire. How can she be fair? In walks a little doggy,--Pussy, are you there? Oh, the rusty, dusty, rusty miller, I'll not change my wife for gold or siller. [Illustration] There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile, And he found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile; He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse, And they all lived together in a little crooked house. [Illustration] High diddle doubt, my candle's out, My little maid is not at home; Saddle my hog and bridle my dog, And fetch my little maid home. [Illustration: BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP] BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP. [Illustration: Music: Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full: One for my master, one for my dame, And one for the little boy that lives in our lane. Baa, baa, black sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full.] [Illustration] [Illustration] Barber, barber, shave a pig. How many hairs will make a wig? Four and twenty; that's enough. Give the poor barber a pinch of snuff. The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown, The Lion beat the Unicorn all round about the town. Some gave them white bread, some gave them brown, Some gave them plum-cake, and sent them out of town. Thomas a Tattamus took two T's To tie two tups to two tall trees, To frighten the terrible Thomas a Tattamus. Tell me how many T's there are in all THAT. [Illustration] Bessy Bell and Mary Gray, They were two bonny lasses, They built a house upon the lea, And covered it o'er with rashes. Bessy kept the garden gate, And Mary kept the pantry; Bessy always had to wait, While Mary lived in plenty. LITTLE boy, pretty boy, where were you born? In Lincolnshire, master; come, blow the cow's horn. [Illustration: HEY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE.] Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle The cow jumped over the moon; The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran after the spoon. [Illustration] [Illustration] THE YOUNG LINNETS. DID you ever see the nest Of Chaffinch or of Linnet, When the little downy birds Are lying snugly in it, Gaping wide their yellow mouths For something nice to eat? Caterpillar, worm, and grub, They reckon dainty meat. When the mother-bird returns, And finds them still and good, She will give them each, by turns, A proper share of food.