saw corn, which made him think of the mill; so he hastened there, and called to the dusty miller:

"Miller! Miller! I've
come to you;

My little gray pony
has lost a shoe,
And I want some

coal the iron to heat,

That the blacksmith

may shoe my pony's feet."

The miller came to the door in surprise; and when he heard what was needed, he said:

"I have wheels that go round and round,
And stones to turn till the grain is ground;
But I've no coal the iron to heat,

That the blacksmith may shoe your pony's feet.”

Then the man turned away sorrowfully, and sat down on a rock near the roadside, sighing and saying:

"What shall I do? What shall I do?
My little gray pony has lost a shoe!"

After a while a very old woman came down the road, driving a flock of geese to market; and when she came near the man, she stopped to ask him his trouble. He told her all about it; and when she had heard it all, she laughed till her geese joined in with a cackle; and she said:

"If you would know where the coal is found,

You must go to the miner, who works in the ground."

Then the man sprang to his feet, and, thanking the old woman, he ran to the miner. Now the miner had been working many a long day down in the mine, under the ground, where it was so dark that he had to wear a lamp on the front of his cap to light him at his work. He had plenty of black coal ready and gave great lumps of it to the man, who took them in haste to the blacksmith.

The blacksmith lighted his great red fire, and hammered out four fine new shoes, with a cling! and a clang! and fastened them on with a rap! and a tap! Then away rode the man on his little gray pony,clippety, clippety, clap!

Yankee Doodle went to town

Upon a little pony;

He stuck a feather in his hat,
And called it Macaroni.

THE KEY OF THE KINGDOM
This is the key of the Kingdom-
In that Kingdom there is a city;
In that city there is a town;
In that town there is a street;
In that street there is a lane;
In that lane there is a yard;
In that yard there is a house;
In that house there is a room;
In that room there is a bed;

On that bed there is a basket;

In that basket there are some flowers.

Flowers in the basket,

Basket on the bed,

Bed in the room,

Room in the house,
House in the yard,
Yard in the lane,
Lane in the street,

Street in the town,
Town in the city,
City in the Kingdom,

And this is the key

to the Kingdom.