* * * * *
Some little mice sat in a barn to spin;
Pussy came by, and popped her head in;
"Shall I come in, and cut your threads off?"
"Oh, no, kind sir, you would snap our heads off."
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If all the world were apple-pie?
And all the sea were ink.
And all the trees were bread and cheese,
What should we have for drink?
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If wishes were horses,
Beggars might ride;
If turnips were watches,
I would wear one by my side.
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I have a little sister, they call her peep, peep;
She wades the waters deep, deep, deep;
She climbs the mountains high, high, high;
Poor little creature, she has but one eye.
WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST?
"To-whit! to-whit! to-whee!
Will you listen to me?
Who stole four eggs I laid,
And the nice nest I made?"