Stick won’t beat dog;
Dog won’t bite pig;
Pig won’t go.
I see by the moonlight
It’s long past midnight;
Time pig and I were home an hour and a half ago.”
“Yes,” said the mouse, “I will, if you will give me some cheese.”
So the old woman put her hand in her pocket and found a nice piece of cheese; and when the mouse had eaten it:
The mouse began to gnaw the rope,
The rope began to hang the butcher,