That she would be pleased to consent
To teach them to build up a nest.
She replied, “I will show you the way,
So observe everything that I do:
First two sticks ’cross each other I lay—”
“To be sure,” said the crow, “why I knew
“It must be begun with two sticks,
And I thought that they crossed should be.”
Said the pie, “Then some straw and moss mix
In the way you now see done by me.”