They went to a Fair, and they all won prizes— Three plum-puddingses and three mince-pieses. They rode on elephants and swang on swingses, And hit three coco-nuts at coco-nut shieses. [Illustration: Foxes at the fair] That’s all that I know of the three little foxes Who kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard boxes. They lived in the forest in three little houses, But they didn’t wear coats and they didn’t wear trousies, And they didn’t wear stockings and they didn’t wear sockses. [Illustration: Rear view of boy] POLITENESS If people ask me, I always tell them: “Quite well, thank you, I’m very glad to say.” If people ask me, I always answer, “Quite well, thank you, how are you to-day?” I always answer, I always tell them, If they ask me Politely. . . . BUT SOMETIMES I wish That they wouldn’t. [Illustration: Man wheeling boy and dog in barrow] JONATHAN JO Jonathan Jo Has a mouth like an “O” And a wheelbarrow full of surprises; If you ask for a bat, Or for something like that, He has got it, whatever the size is. [Illustration: Man watching boy with cricket bat] [Illustration: Man showing hoop to boy] If you’re wanting a ball, It’s no trouble at all; Why, the more that you ask for, the merrier— Like a hoop and a top, And a watch that won’t stop, And some sweets, and an Aberdeen terrier. [Illustration: Worried man watching dog with ball] Jonathan Jo Has a mouth like an “O” But this is what makes him so funny: If you give him a smile, Only once in a while, _Then he never expects any money!_ [Illustration: Man seated with boy and dog] [Illustration: Boy looking at hippo] AT THE ZOO There are lions and roaring tigers, and enormous camels and things, There are biffalo-buffalo-bisons, and a great big bear with wings, There’s a sort of a tiny potamus, and a tiny nosserus too— But _I_ gave buns to the elephant when _I_ went down to the Zoo! There are badgers and bidgers and bodgers, and a Super-intendent’s House, There are masses of goats, and a Polar, and different kinds of mouse, And I think there’s a sort of a something which is called a wallaboo— But _I_ gave buns to the elephant when _I_ went down to the Zoo! If you try to talk to the bison, he never quite understands; You can’t shake hands with a mingo—he doesn’t like shaking hands. And lions and roaring tigers _hate_ saying, “How do you do?”— But _I_ give buns to the elephant when _I_ go down to the Zoo! [Illustration: Boy looking at bison] [Illustration: Girl in high chair kicking off her shoe] RICE PUDDING _What_ is the matter with Mary Jane? She’s crying with all her might and main, And she won’t eat her dinner—rice pudding again— What _is_ the matter with Mary Jane? [Illustration: Woman observing scattered toys]