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Title: The Absurd ABC

Author: Walter Crane

Release Date: December 11, 2005 [EBook #17283]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Crest]

[Illustration: Cover]

.WALTER.CRANE'S.
.PICTURE.BOOKS.

.THE.
.ABSURD.
A.B.C

.JOHN.LANE.
.THE.BODLEY.HEAD.
.LONDON.&.NEW.
.YORK.

The absurd ABC originally published 1874.

[Illustration: ABCD]

A for the APPLE
or Alphabet pie,
Which all get a slice of.
Come taste it & try.

B is the BABY
who gave Mr Bunting
Full many a long day's
rabbit skin hunting.

C for the CAT
that played on the fiddle,
When cows jumped higher than
'Heigh Diddle Diddle!'

D for the DAME
with her pig at the stile,
'Tis said they got over,
but not yet a while.

[Illustration: EFG]

E for the Englishman,
ready to make fast
The giant who wanted to
have him for breakfast.

F for the Frog in the story
you know,
Begun with a wooing but
ending in woe.

G for Goosey Gander
who wandered upstairs,
And met the old man
who objected to prayers.

[Illustration: HIJ]

H for poor Humpty who
after his fall,
Felt obliged to resign his
seat on the wall.

I for the Inn where they
wouldn't give beer,
To one with too much
and no money, I fear.

J does for poor Jack and
also for Jill,
Who had so disastrous
a tumble down hill.

[Illustration: KLMNOP]

K for calm Kitty, at dinner
who sat,
While all the good folks
watched the dog & the cat.

L for Little man, gun and
bullets complete,
Who shot the poor duck, and
was proud of the feat.

M for Miss Muffet, with
that horrid spider,
Just dropped into tea and
a chat beside her.

N for the Numerous children
they who
Were often too much for
their mother in Shoe.

O the Old person that
cobwebs