“More,” shouted the King, clapping his hands, and the Kitchen Poker in Waiting got up and said,—
“I know a short one, Your Majesty.”
“Go on,” replied the little King.
“Hey diddle diddle the cat couldn’t fiddle,
The cow turned her back on the moon,
The little dog said, ‘This is very poor sport,’
And the dish had a row with the spoon,”
repeated the Kitchen Poker in Waiting.
“Is that all?” asked the King. “Doesn’t any one else know another?”
“I think,” said Boy, “that I could repeat ‘Simple Simon.’”