"I'm afraid I can't," replied Little Sir Cat. "My mother would worry if I went so far away." So the big eagle said good-by, but before he left, he pinned a tiny red, white and blue flag on the little Kitten's coat.
On another page of this jolly book,
If you just turn over the pages and look,
You'll find a story about Sir Cat
And the Cow that jumped over the Moon Man's Hat.
Dobbin has an iron shoe On each of his feet, so you Can see it's hard for him to go Anything but very slow. |
[Ten Little Boy Scouts]
One little Boy Scout beating a tat-too;
A little comrade heard the call—then there were two.
Two little Boy Scouts climbing up a tree;
Along came another one—then there were three.
Three little Boy Scouts standing by the door;
Running out they met a Scout—then there were four.
Four little Boy Scouts in the water dive;
Another one swam up to them—then there were five.
Five little Boy Scouts doing lots of tricks;
Their captain called out, "Shoulder arms!"—then there were six.
Six little Boy Scouts looking up to heaven;
An airship brought another down—then there were seven.
Seven little Boy Scouts got to school quite late;
They found a scholar in the room—then there were eight.
Eight little Boy Scouts dressed up very fine;
They caught a little ragged one—then there were nine.
Nine little Boy Scouts chased a speckled hen;
They bumped into another Scout—then there were ten.
Ten little Boy Scouts yelling "Hip, hurrah!"
This is all there is to tell—these are all there are!
[THE LITTLE GREEN LADY FROG]
Billy Bull Frog had a deep bass voice, and every night he would sit on a big flat rock amid tall sedge grass and sing. There was a little green lady frog that sang a beautiful soprano, but, you see, his voice was so loud and strong and deep that hardly any one could hear her when she sang. She could hardly ever hear herself, for the louder she sang the more noise Billy would make, till finally the little green lady frog wouldn't sing at all.