LITTLE BO-PEEP Little Bo-peep has lost her sheep, And can't tell where to find them; Leave them alone, and they'll come home, And bring their tails behind them. Little Bo-peep fell fast asleep, And dreamt she heard them bleating; Then up she took her little crook, She found them, indeed, but it made her For they'd left their tails behind them. BAA, BAA, BLACK SHEEP Baa, baa, black Sheep, have you any wool? Yes, sir, yes, sir, three bags full: One for my master, one for my dame, And one for the little boy that lives in the lane. THE LITTLE MAN There was once a little boy. He was only five years old. He thought he was a very big boy. One day he said, "I am not little any more. I am almost as big as my papa. See, I can wear my papa's hat.” Then he put on his papa's hat. He took his papa's cane and he went to walk. He did not care if the hat did come down to his ears. He did not care if the cane was almost as tall as he. He was having a fine time. All the people laughed at the queer little man. They said, "Oh, Hat! what are you thinking about? Oh, Cane! where are you going with that little boy?" -From the German THE BREAKFAST THAT FLEW AWAY It had been snowing fast. The wind was very cold. The poor little snowbirds could find nothing to eat. Some of them were almost frozen. Pussy saw five little birds lying on the snow in the yard. Their wings were so stiff they could not fly. the kitchen. She laid them down by the stove. “What a good breakfast I shall have,” she thought. Pussy was not very hungry just then, so she lay down under the stove and went to sleep. The kitchen was very warm. The little birds soon began to move. They were not dead at all. They were only very stiff. |