Farmer: "Yes, I want one to watch the cows and the sheep."
Little Boy Blue: "I can do that, sir."
Farmer (handing Little Boy Blue a toy horn that had been brought to school for use during a drawing lesson): "Here is a horn, then. If they try to go away, blow this, and they will come back."
Little Boy Blue: "I will, sir."
The farmer drove away, and Little Boy Blue watched the cows and the sheep. Once they were about to wander away (among the aisles), but Little Boy Blue blew the horn, and they immediately returned. He soon grew tired of watching them; they seemed to be content to graze quietly where they were. He leaned against a haystack (a chair) and fell asleep. The cows were soon in the corn and the sheep in the meadow, where the farmer saw them as he was driving home. But he could not see Little Boy Blue. He called:
Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn,
The sheep are in the meadow,
The cows are in the corn.
Farmer: "Wife, where is Little Boy Blue?"
Wife: "He is under the haystack, fast asleep."
Farmer (going to haystack):
Little Boy Blue,
Come blow your horn.