to keep it from falling to pieces." "Poor Hoggy-woggy," said Cock-lock. "Have you told Hen-pen?" "No," said Duck-luck. "Let us go

and tell Hen-pen."

So Gander-lander, Goose-loose,

Drake-lake, Duck-luck,

and Cock-lock ran to tell Hen-pen

the news.

Oh, Hen-pen," cried Cock-lock, "have you heard the news

about poor Hoggy-woggy?" "What news? What is the matter

with Hoggy-woggy?"

"Why," said Cock-lock,

"the farmer told Tom

to put iron hoops

all around Hoggy-woggy's head

to keep it from falling to pieces." "Poor Hoggy-woggy," said Hen-pen. "Have you told Chicken-licken?"

"No," said Cock-lock.

"Let us go

and tell Chicken-licken."

So Gander-lander, Goose-loose,

Drake-lake, Duck-luck, Cock-lock, and Hen-pen all ran

to tell Chicken-licken the news. "Oh, Chicken-licken," cried Hen-pen, "have you heard the news

about poor Hoggy-woggy?"

"What news?" asked Chicken-licken.

"What is the matter?”

"Why," said Hen-pen,

"the farmer told Tom

to put iron hoops.

around Hoggy-woggy.

If he doesn't,

it is so dry

he will fall to pieces." "Poor Hoggy-woggy,"

said Chicken-licken.

"Let us find

poor Hoggy-woggy

and tell him

how sorry we are

that he must have

iron hoops put

all around him."

So Gander-lander, Goose-loose,

Drake-lake, Duck-luck, Cock-lock,
Hen-pen, and Chicken-licken

all ran to find poor Hoggy-woggy. But Hoggy-woggy could not be found. “Where can Hoggy-woggy be?"

asked Chicken-licken.

"Tom must have taken him

to put the iron hoops around him,”

said Hen-pen.

"Poor, poor Hoggy-woggy!"

they all cried.

Then Chicken-licken said,

"Let us run and find Willy-calf and tell him that Hoggy-woggy

is gone.

Tom must have taken him to put

the iron hoops around him." So Gander-lander, Goose-loose, Drake-lake, Duck-luck, Cock-lock, Hen-pen, and Chicken-licken all ran and told Willy-calf that Hoggy-woggy was gone and that Tom must have taken him to put the iron hoops around him. Then Willy-calf ran with them

to tell Dolly-cow.

She ran on with them, and they told Nanny-goat, Billy-goat, Brayer,

the donkey, and Kicker, the mule. When Kicker, the mule, heard the news, he asked, "Who said that Tom