NONSENSE ALPHABET.

G was a goat

Who was spotted with brown:
When he did not lie still

He walked up and down.
Good little goat!

H was a hat

Which was all on one side;
Its crown was too high,
And its brim was too wide.
Oh, what a hat!

I was some ice

So white and so nice,
But which nobody tasted;

And so it was wasted.
All that good ice!

J was a jug,

So pretty and white,
With fresh water in it

At morning and night.
Nice little jug!

K was a kite

Which flew out of sight,

Above houses so high,

Quite into the sky.

Fly away, kite!

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L was a lily,

So white and so sweet!
To see it and smell it

Was quite a nice treat.
Beautiful lily!

M was a man,

Who walked round and round; And he wore a long coat

That came down to the ground. Funny old man!

N was a net

Which was thrown in the sea

To catch fish for dinner

For and for me. you

Nice little net!

O was an orange

So yellow and round:
When it fell off the tree,
It fell down to the ground.
Down to the ground!

P was a polly,

All red, blue, and green,
The most beautiful polly

That ever was seen.

Poor little polly!

There was a tree stood in the ground, The prettiest tree you ever did see;

THE EGG IN THE NEST.

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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 prettiest bough you ever did see;

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 this 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.