The teacher sent them out to the pump to wash their faces.
Then school opened, and Humpty Dumpty began to cry.
He cried so hard that a little stream of tears ran out of each eye.
The teacher asked, “What is the matter, Humpty Dumpty?”
The little fellow was crying so hard that he could not answer.
Then Freddie raised his hand and asked, “Please, may I speak?” and Teddie raised his hand and asked, “Please, may I speak?”
The teacher nodded, and the twins said, “Perhaps Humpty Dumpty is hurt, for he fell down-stairs this morning.”
Then the teacher said that the twins might put Humpty Dumpty into a wheel-barrow and take him home.
The teacher said, “Say your tables and count numbers all the way.”