Now this puzzled Johnny Silly Billy, for he had never room in his head for more than one idea at a time; so he went on his way, repeating,
‘Let a hundred come! let a hundred come!’
[Original]
Well, as Johnny crossed a wood, there sat a shepherd, as red as scarlet, and as proud as a peacock that has laid an egg; and all because his dog had just killed a wolf that was after the lambs.
‘Let a hundred of them come! let a hundred of them come!’ sang out Johnny Nut.
‘What do you mean, you fool?’ says the shepherd, ‘with your Let a hundred them come! A hundred, indeed! Rather say, There’s another caught and done for!’
