THE EGG IN THE NEST There was a tree stood in the ground, The tree in the wood, and the wood in the ground, And the green grass growing all around. And on this tree there was a limb, The prettiest limb you ever did see; The limb on the tree, and the tree in the wood, The tree in the wood, and the wood in the ground, And the green grass growing all around. And on this limb there was a bough, The bough on the limb, and the limb on the tree, The limb on the tree, and the tree in the wood, The tree in the wood, and the wood in the ground, And the green grass growing all around. Now on this bough there was a nest, And in the nest there were some eggs, The prettiest eggs you ever did see; Eggs in the nest, and the nest on the bough, The bough on the limb, and the limb on the tree, The limb on the tree, and the tree in the wood The tree in the wood, and the wood in the ground, And the green grass growing all around, And the green grass growing all around. On the bough there was a nest WHERE ARE YOU GOING? "Where are you going, my pretty maid?" "I'm going a-milking, sir," she said. "May I go with you, my pretty maid?” "You are kindly welcome, sir," she said. "What is your father, my pretty maid?” "My father's a farmer, sir," she said. "What is your fortune, my pretty maid?" "My face is my fortune, sir," she said. "Then I won't marry you, my pretty maid." "Nobody asked you to, sir," she said. Who put her in? Little Tommy Green. Who pulled her out? Great Johnny Stout. What a naughty boy was that, To drown the poor, poor pussy-cat, But killed the mice in his father's barn. THE DOG AND HIS SHADOW One day a Dog was going over a bridge. He had a piece of meat in his mouth. He looked down into the water and said, "I see a Dog down there. He has a piece of meat in his mouth. It looks larger than my piece. It looks better than mine. I must have that meat." ས་; I must have that meat So he dropped his own piece of meat. -Æsop "Much would have more and lost all," |