“How do you do? I’m lonely, too.

Tick, tock, tick, tock!”

Humpty Dumpty begged the clock to tell him how to get out of the house, and back to the hay-stack.

The clock said:

“Well, well, I will tell.

Tick, tock, tick, tock!”

Humpty Dumpty yawned and said, “Then hurry up, please. I am in a hurry.”

The clock said:

“Don’t tease, if you please.

Tick, tock, tick, tock!”