Willie. Those weren’t real tails you found. Did you pick them up?
Bo Peep. No, I left them there All spread out on the ground.
Willie. They were only cotton batting. I put ’em there for fun. Your sheep all had their tails on fast, When they went off on the run.
Bo Peep. And where are they now?
Willie. Oh, I don’t know. They must be far away.
Bo Peep. Well, you just march off and find them. Mustn’t he, Mother, say?
Mother Goose. Why didn’t you follow them, Bo Peep?
Bo Peep. ’Cause—I didn’t know the way.
Willie. She heard a wolf, and, in a fright, She hid herself in the hay.
Bo Peep. Well, it’s mean to play tricks, Willie Winkie!