"I went and bought a butter-churn. On the way home I met you. So I jumped into the butter-churn and rolled down the hill." THE WOLF GOES DOWN THE CHIMNEY When the wolf heard that, he was very angry. He said, "Little pig, I will eat you. I will come down the chimney to get you." Blacky built a fire and filled the kettle with water. Soon the water began to boil. Then the wolf came down the chimney. He fell into the kettle and was killed. After that no one ever came to harm Blacky. BETTY WINKLE'S PIG Little Betty Winkle, she had a pig. When he was alive, he lived in clover, Sat down and cried. Little Betty Winkle, she Lay down and died. Johnny Winkle, he, Betty Winkle, she, And piggy wiggy. A tortoise lived in a brook. All day long he sat on a log. He wished he could fly, too. Soon some of the ducks came and swam in the brook near the log on which the tortoise sat. "Good ducks, teach me to fly," said he. "No, we cannot teach you to fly," said the ducks. "You have no wings. You must stay in the brook." "Yes, you can teach me to fly,' said the tortoise. "Let two ducks take this stick in their bills. I will hold fast to the middle of it, and you can carry me through the air." So the ducks took the stick in their bills, and the tortoise held fast with his mouth. "Do not open your mouth," said the ducks. "If you do, you will fall to the ground. "No, I shall not open it," said the tortoise. Away flew the ducks high up in the air. They carried the tortoise with them. As they went over a village, some men saw the ducks and the tortoise. One of them said, "Who was wise enough to think of that?" "I was," said the tortoise. But when he opened his mouth to say it, he fell to the ground, and was killed. |