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The drake was a-swimming, with his

curly tail;

The little man made it his mark, mark,

mark!

He let off his gun, but he fired too soon; And the drake flew away with a "Quack! quack! quack!"

An old woman sweeping her house found a little crooked sixpence.

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What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence? I will go to market and buy a little pig."

As this old woman was coming home with her pig, she came to a stile; but the pig would not go over the stile.

She went a little further, and she met a dog. So she said to the dog :

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'Pray, dog, bite pig;

Pig won't get over the stile,
And I sha'n't get home to-night."
But the dog would not.

So she went a little further till she

met a stick, and she said:

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Pray, stick, beat dog;

Dog won't bite pig,

Pig won't get over the stile,

And I sha'n't get home to-night."
But the stick would not.

So she went a little further, and she

met a fire, and she said:

"Pray, fire, burn stick;

Stick won't beat dog,
Dog won't bite pig,

Pig won't get over the stile,

And I sha'n't get home to-night."

But the fire would not.

So she went a little further, and she

met some water, and she said:

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Pray, water, quench fire;

Fire won't burn stick,

Stick won't beat dog,
Dog won't bite pig,

Pig won't get over the stile,
And I sha'n't get home to-night."
But the water would not.

So she went a little further, and she

met an ox. So she said:

"Pray, ox, drink water;
Water won't quench fire,
Fire won't burn stick,
Stick won't beat dog,

Dog won't bite pig,

Pig won't get over the stile,

And I sha'n't get home to-night."

But the ox would not.

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She went a little further till she

met a butcher, and she said:

"Pray, butcher, kill ox;

Ox won't drink water,

Water won't quench fire,
Fire won't burn stick,
Stick won't beat dog,
Dog won't bite pig,

Pig won't get over the stile,
And I sha'n't get home to-night."

But the butcher would not.

She went a little further till she met a rope, and she said:

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Pray, rope, hang butcher;
Butcher won't kill ox,

Ox won't drink water,
Water won't quench fire,
Fire won't burn stick,
Stick won't beat dog,

Dog won't bite pig,

Pig won't get over the stile,

And I sha'n't get home to-night."
But the rope would not.

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