Rock-a-bye Baby. I wish I had a bunny! I’ve got a Teddy Bear, And you shall take him, Baby, If you’ll your bunny share.
(They go, hand in hand, to one side, where they sit down on the floor together, and exchange pets. They continue to play with them, and exchange them occasionally.)
(Cross Patch runs in, evidently in a temper.)
Cross Patch. Now where’s that Willie Winkie? I’ll teach him a thing or two! (She spies him.) You horrid boy!
(She seizes him, and begins to shake him. Mother Goose takes her away.)
Mother Goose. Here, let him be! What has he done to you?
(Cross Patch, when she can no longer reach Willie, turns furiously on Mother Goose, who holds her out from her and shakes her.)
Now don’t you come clawing and scratching at me, Or I’ll teach you better, this way, you see.
(Takes her across knee and spanks her. Cross Patch screams loudly, then stands with clenched fists, and stamps her feet.)
Now stop that, you Cross Patch. Keep still, I say, Or you’ll get another one, right away.