“Please give me money, since I ask it,
Enough to fill my market basket.”
Now, the Little Hill Men did not want to give something for nothing, so they shouted:
“With a hop, skip, bound, measure our hill
And your empty basket we soon will fill.”
Of course, the Little Hill Men never dreamed that he would do it, so they went on digging for fairy gold.
Funny Bunny was in real earnest, for he thought of Mother Tiny-Tail rocking sadly to and fro in her red plush rocking chair, so
From the daisies to the apple tree,
Skippety-hoppety-skip went he.
My! how fast his legs could carry him!