Choice Literature, Book 1American Book Company, 1912 |
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AUTHOR NOT KNOWN baby beanstalk beautiful bird Bluebeard bright captain Charles Scribner's Sons child Child's Garden CHRISTINA ROSSETTI Cinderella Dick door ELIZA LEE FOLLEN eyes fairy fell Fitzwarren Garden of Verses giant girl godmother gold grass green HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN house that Jack huge bear Jack built JANE TAYLOR JOSEPHINE PEABODY killed the rat little birdie Little Bo-peep little Daisy little Golden-hair little raindrops Little Red Riding little wee bear lived looked MALCOLM MCGREGOR malt That lay meadow merry middle-sized bear milk and honey morning mother nest never night north wind doth old woman Pat-a-cake pea shooter peep pieman Pitter patter poor thing pretty Pussy Red Riding Hood ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Robin Simple Simon sleep Solomon Grundy soon stole To-whit told Tommy Green tree twinkle Whittington wife wind doth blow Wolf worried the cat
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Page 132 - That lay in 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 23 - Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky.
Page 20 - Mary had a little lamb, Its fleece was white as snow, And everywhere that Mary went, The lamb was sure to go.
Page 34 - All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful. The Lord God made them all.
Page 12 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. She gave them some broth without any bread, She whipped them all soundly and put them to bed.
Page 8 - One, two, Buckle my shoe; Three, four, Shut the door; Five, six, Pick up sticks; Seven, eight, Lay them straight; Nine, ten, A good fat hen; Eleven, twelve, Who will delve?
Page 39 - What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day ? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger. So she rests a little longer, Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her bed at peep of day ? Baby says, like little birdie, Let me rise and fly away.
Page 35 - The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, GOD made them, high or lowly, And ordered their estate.
Page 32 - Like ladies' skirts across the grass— 0 wind, a-blowing all day long, 0 wind, that sings so loud a song! I saw the different things you did, But always you yourself you hid. I felt you push, I heard you call, I could not see yourself at all— O wind, a-blowing all day long, O wind, that sings so loud a song!
Page 13 - When the wind blows the cradle will rock; When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, Down will come baby, cradle, and all.