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Page 12
... frightened I ran away . Will the big bird hurt me , mother ? " Then how the Mother Mouse laughed ! " Oh , no ! " she said . " That bird is a rooster . He opens his mouth when he crows . He makes a big noise , but he will not hurt you ...
... frightened I ran away . Will the big bird hurt me , mother ? " Then how the Mother Mouse laughed ! " Oh , no ! " she said . " That bird is a rooster . He opens his mouth when he crows . He makes a big noise , but he will not hurt you ...
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... blackbirds Baked in a pie . When the pie was opened , The birds began to sing ; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king ? The king was in his counting - house Counting out. The birds began to sing How frightened she was ! 28 ...
... blackbirds Baked in a pie . When the pie was opened , The birds began to sing ; Was not that a dainty dish To set before the king ? The king was in his counting - house Counting out. The birds began to sing How frightened she was ! 28 ...
Page 35
... frightened she was ! There was an open window near the bed . Golden Locks jumped out of the window as quick as she could . She ran and she ran until she came to her home . She never went to the Bears ' house again . -Retold from Robert ...
... frightened she was ! There was an open window near the bed . Golden Locks jumped out of the window as quick as she could . She ran and she ran until she came to her home . She never went to the Bears ' house again . -Retold from Robert ...
Page 68
... frightened . She looked up at the great Lion and said , “ O Mr. Lion , you are very big . I know you are very good , too . You will not hurt a little Mouse like me . I am sure you will not . " The Lion liked to be called good , so he. 68.
... frightened . She looked up at the great Lion and said , “ O Mr. Lion , you are very big . I know you are very good , too . You will not hurt a little Mouse like me . I am sure you will not . " The Lion liked to be called good , so he. 68.
Page 72
... , but sometimes she was frightened by the cat . One day she came running to her mother in great joy . " Oh , mother ! " she said , " somebody has built a little house for me to live in . The house is in the cupboard . I am sure 72.
... , but sometimes she was frightened by the cat . One day she came running to her mother in great joy . " Oh , mother ! " she said , " somebody has built a little house for me to live in . The house is in the cupboard . I am sure 72.
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Æsop BLACK SHEEP Bobolink bread broth catch caught the rat cheese Cluck Cockey Lockey coo-coo cres crooked Crow crumpled horn curds and whey Ding dong Esop Folk-Lore Readers Four-Legs Frog Gingerbread Boy golden egg Golden Locks Good-morning green grass growing Henny Penny Hot cross buns house that Jack Humpty Dumpty Jack built John Kendrick Bangs limb Lion little birds Little Bo-peep little boy little chair little girl little Mouse little old woman Little Rabbits maiden all forlorn malt That lay mee-ow morning Mother Goose Old Mother Hubbard Pig built pitcher poor little pretty maid Primer puffed purr-r Pussy Willow Rooster sing sky is falling Soon the Gingerbread stars stole four eggs tail tattered and torn Thomas Tapper three little Kittens THREE LITTLE PIGS to-whee To-whit tossed the dog tree Turkey Lurkey walk wood worried the cat
Popular passages
Page 76 - Baa, baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? Yes, sir, Yes sir, Three bags full. One for my master. One for my dame, And one for the little boy Who lives down the lane.
Page 19 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 26 - There was an old woman who lived in a shoe; She had so many children she didn't know what to do.
Page 57 - Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.
Page 94 - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again." "That last line is much too long for the poetry," she added, almost out loud, forgetting that Humpty Dumpty would hear her. "Don't stand chattering to yourself like that," Humpty Dumpty said, looking at her for the first time; "but tell me your name and your business.
Page 89 - I met a little Elf-man, once, Down where the lilies blow. I asked him why he was so small And why he didn't grow. He slightly frowned, and with his eye He looked me through and through. " I'm quite as big for me," said he, "As you are big for you.
Page 64 - oh, no! I wouldn't treat a poor bird so. I gave wool the nest to line, But the nest was none of mine. Baa ! Baa !" said the sheep ; " oh, no I wouldn't treat a poor bird so.
Page 76 - Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them.
Page 14 - THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW he north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow, And what will poor Robin do then, Poor thing? He'll sit in a barn, And keep himself warm, And hide his head under his wing, Poor thing.
Page 20 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, 20 That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn...