de him up to town,
There came a little puff of wind
And blew him up and down.

44

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.
(_A star._)

45

I'll tell you a story
Of Jack-a-Nory,
And now my story's begun.
I'll tell you another
About Jack's brother,
And now my story is done.

46

In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with a skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
(_An egg._)

47

1. I went up one pair of stairs.
2. Just like me.
1. I went up two pair of stairs.
2. Just like me.
1. I went into a room.
2. Just like me.
1. I looked out of a window.
2. Just like me.
1. And there I saw a monkey.
2. Just like me.

48

Jack and Jill went up the hill,
To fetch a pail of water;
Jack fell down, and broke his crown,
And Jill came tumbling after.

49

Jack be nimble,
Jack be quick,
Jack jump over the candlestick.

50

Jack Sprat could eat no fat,
His wife could eat no lean;
And so between them both, you see,
They licked the platter clean.

51

Knock at the door, (_forehead_)
And peep in, (_lift eyelids_)
Open the door, (_mouth_)
And walk in.
Chinchopper, chinchopper,
Chinchopper chin!

52

These lines, common in similar form to many
countries, are said by children when they throw
the beautiful little insect into the air to
make it take flight.

Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home,
Your house is on fire, your children all gone;
All but one, and her name is Ann,
And she crept under the pudding-pan.

53

Little boy blue, come blow your horn,
The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn;
Where is the boy that look