Just then a big rat ran across the meadow and the old woman said,— "Rat, rat, gnaw rope; Rope will not hang butcher; Ox will not drink water; Pig will not get over the stile. It's long past midnight; Pig and I should have been home an hour and a half ago." "If you will give me a piece of cheese, I will do as you ask," said the rat. Then the old woman put her hand in her pocket and found a piece of cheese. She gave the cheese to the rat and this is what happened. The rat began to gnaw the rope; The pig in a fright jumped over the stile; But what time the old woman and her pig got home, you, nor I, nor nobody knows. JOG ON Jog on, jog on, the footpath way, -Mother Goose ONE STEP AND THEN ANOTHER One step and then another, And the longest walk is ended. PETER, PETER Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, -Mother Goose THREE CHILDREN SLIDING ON THE ICE Three children sliding on the ice, Upon a summer's day; As it fell out, they all fell in, The rest they ran away. Oh! had these children been at school, Ye parents who have children dear, -Mother Goose THE GOLDEN RULE IN VERSE Be you to others kind and true |