(Goes over into corner, sits down and finishes pie.)
(All sing. Tune: No. 15.)
No. 15. LITTLE JACK HORNER.
All. Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating gombobble pie. Wee Willie Wink’s a cute one, we think, And so is our dear Simple Si.
(Bo Peep comes in, shading her eyes, and calling “Co’nanny, co’nanny!”)
Bo Peep. Mother, there’s wolves around here! I heard one howl, I did, And so did my sheep. They were scared to death, And all ran away and hid. I’ve hunted and hunted, and called and called, And all I’ve found, alas! Is just their tails, spread out as if To bleach upon the grass. I fear the wolf has got them all!
Willie. Ho! Wouldn’t you like to know That I was the wolf that scared your sheep, And you, Bo Peep, also?
Bo Peep. And did you cut their tails off?