LITTLE MISS MUFFET
Nurse and Miss Muffet, reading at table.
Muffet [reading her lesson]. C, A, T, cat; M, A, T, mat. I've done my lessons very well to-day, haven't I?
Nurse. Yes, Miss Muffet dear, you've been a very good little girl. Now, just read those two sentences and then we will go out.
Muffet [reading]. THE CAT IS ON THE MAT. THE BAT IS ON THE MAT. Oh, I don't like that story.
Nurse [surprised]. Why not?
Muffet. About the bat. It frightens me to read about a bat on the mat. I don't like bats.
Nurse. Why, you silly little girl, they don't do you any harm.