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Who guarded the castle and kept the books
For Giant Thunder Bones.
_Stella Doughty._
THE HOUSE THAT JILL BUILT
BY CAROLYN WELLS
This is the _House_ that Jill built.
This is the _Doll_ that lived in the House that Jill built.
This is the _Cake_ that fed the Doll that lived in the House
that Jill built.
This is the _Oven_ that baked the Cake that fed the Doll that
lived in the House that Jill built.
This is the _Wood_ that heated the Oven that baked the Cake
that fed the Doll that lived in the House that Jill built.
This is the _Tree_ of a dusky shade that gave the Wood that
heated the Oven that baked the Cake that fed the Doll that
lived in the House that Jill built.
This is the _Ax_ with a shining blade that chopped the Tree of a
dusky shade that gave the Wood that heated the Oven that
baked the Cake that fed the Doll that lived in the House that
Jill built.
This is the _Woodman_ sober and staid who slung the Ax with a shining
blade that chopped the Tree of a dusky shade that gave the Wood
that heated the Oven that baked the Cake that fed the Doll that
lived in the House that Jill built.
This is the _Horse_ that pranced and neighed when he saw the Woodman
sober and staid who slung the Ax with a shining blade that
chopped the Tree of a dusky shade that gave the Wood that heated
the Oven that baked the Cake that fed the Doll that lived in the
House that Jill built.
This is the _Knight_ with the red cockade who rode on the Horse that
pranced and neighed when he saw the Woodman sober and staid who
slung the Ax with a shining blade that chopped the Tree of a
dusky shade that gave the Wood that heated the Oven that baked
the Cake that fed the Doll that lived in the House that Jill
built.
This is the _Lady_ in gay brocade who followed the Knight with the
red cockade who rode on the Horse that pranced and neighed when
he saw the Woodman sober and staid who slung the Ax with a
shining blade that chopped the Tree of a dusky shade that gave
the Wood that heated the Oven that baked the Cake that fed the
Doll that lived in the House that Jill built.
This is the _Glittering Cavalcade_ that rode after the Lady in gay
brocade who followed the Knight with the red cockade who rode
on the Horse that pranced and neighed when he saw the Woodman
sober and staid who slung the ax with a shining blade that
chopped the Tree of a dusky shade that gave the Wood that heated
the Oven that baked the Cake that fed the Doll that lived in the
House that Jill built.
This is the _Donkey_ who loudly brayed at sight of the Glittering
Cavalcade that rode after the Lady in gay brocade who followed
the Knight with the red cockade who rode on the Horse that
pranced and neighed when he saw the Woodman sober and staid who
slung the Ax with a shining blade that chopped the Tree of a
dusky shade that gave the Wood that heated the Oven that baked
the Cake that fed the Doll that lived in the House that Jill
built.
This is the _King_ who was much dismayed to hear the Donkey who loudly
brayed at sight of the Glittering Cavalcade that rode after the
Lady in gay brocade who followed the Knight with the red cockade
who rode on the Horse that pranced and neighed when he saw the
Woodman sober and staid who slung the Ax with a shining blade
that chopped the Tree of a dusky shade that gave the Wood that
heated the Oven that baked the Cake that fed the Doll that lived
in the House that Jill built.
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG[H]
An old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked
sixpence. "What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence? I
will go to market, and buy a little pig."
As she was coming home, she came to a stile, but the piggy wouldn't go
over the stile.
She went a little further, and she met a dog. So she said to him: "Dog!
dog! bite pig, piggy won't go over the stile; and I shan't get home
to-night." But the dog wouldn't.
She went a little further, and she met a stick. So she said: "Stick!
stick! beat dog! dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile; and
I shan't get home to-night." But the stick wouldn't.
She went a little further, and she met a fire. So she said: "Fire! fire!
burn stick, stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get
over the stile; and I shan't get home to-night." But the fire wouldn't.
She went a little further, and she met some water. So she said: "Water!
water! quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog
won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home
to-night." But the water wouldn't.
She went a little further, and she met an ox. So she said: "Ox! ox!
drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't
beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile; and I
shan't get home to-night." But the ox wouldn't.
So she went a little further, and she met a butcher. So she said:
"Butcher! butcher! kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench
fire; fire won't burn stick, stick won't beat dog, dog won't bite pig;
piggy won't get over the stile; and I shan't get home to-night." But the
butcher wouldn't.
She went a little further, and she met a rope. So she said: "Rope! rope!
hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't
quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite
pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night!"
But the rope wouldn't.
She went a little further, and she met a rat. So she said: "Rat! rat!
gnaw rope; rope won't hang butcher; butcher won't kill ox; ox won't
drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick won't
beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile; and I
shan't get home to-night." But the rat wouldn't.
She went a little further, and she met a cat. So she said: "Cat! cat!
kill rat; rat won't gnaw rope; rope won't hang butcher; butcher won't
kill ox; ox won't drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't burn
stick, stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over
the stile; and I shan't get home to-night." But the cat said to her: "If
you will go to yonder cow, and fetch me a saucer of milk, I will kill
the rat." So away went the old woman to the cow.
But the cow said to her: "If you will go to yonder hay-stack, and fetch
me a handful of hay, I'll give you the milk." So away went the old woman
to the hay-stack; and she brought the hay to the cow.
As soon as the cow had eaten the hay she gave the old woman the milk;
and away she went with it in a saucer to the cat.
As soon as the cat had lapped up the milk, the cat began to kill the
rat; the rat began to gnaw the rope; the rope began to hang the butcher;
the butcher began to kill the ox; the ox began to drink the water; the
water began to quench the fire; the fire began to burn the stick; the
stick began to beat the dog; the dog began to bite the pig, the little
pig in a fright jumped over Previous Next |