The three little kittens ran into the house, and pretty soon returned with the pie crust.
"We'll carry it out to the barn for you," they cried.
So the little mouse ran ahead, and when she was safe in the barn she waited until the kittens had placed the three little pieces of pie crust on the floor. As soon as they had gone the little mouse came out and carried the pie crust into her house.
SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE
SING a song of sixpence,
A pocketful of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds
Baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing.
Wasn't that a dainty dish
To set before the king?
Well, when little Puss, Junior, heard those blackbirds singing he halted before the castle and knocked on the gate.
"You must have a thousand canaries."
"Canaries nothing," replied the old retainer. "The King's twenty-four blackbirds are singing."