Verse and Prose for Beginners Reading Day 9

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E l): minerals: l Li tt ratut t Qu i t s V E R SE A N D PR O SE BEGINNERS IN READING SELECTED FROM EN GLISH AND LITERA TURE n ! M Q 3 M : 8 1 8 4 8 8 Wabas h Ave n ue

An d when the ship began to move,

The captain said, Qua ck ! Quack !

Jack an d Jill went up t he hi ll , To fetch a pai l o f water ;

Jack fell down , an d br oke his crown ,

And Ji ll came tumbling aft er .

Li t tl e Bo - pe ep has l o st he r ‘ sheep,

And ca n ’ t te ll where to fin d them ;

Le ave them al one , an d they ’ 11 com e home ,

And bring thei r tai l s behind them .

Littl e Bo - peep fell fas t asl eep,

And dr eame d she heard them bl oating ;

But when she awoke , she found i t a joke ,

Fo r they wer e sti ll a- fl e e ti n g .

Then up she to ok he r littl e cr ook, Determined fo r to fin d them ;

She foun d them indeed, b ut i t made he r heart

bl eed,

Fo r they ’ d l e f t all thei r tai l s behin d ’ e m .

Littl e boy bl ue, come bl o w your hor n,

The sheep ’ s i n the meadow, t he co w ’ s i n the

corn

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Wher e ’ s the li ttl e boy that tends the sheep

He ’ s under the haycock, fast asl eep .

GO wake him , go wake him. Oh, no, not I ;

Fo r if I awake him , he ’ ll certainly cry.

Litt le girl , littl e girl , wher e have yo u bee n

Gathering r oses to give to the qu een .

Littl e gir l , lit tl e gi rl , what ga ve she yo u

She gave me a diamond as big as my shoe .

Little Jack Horner sat in the cor ner ,

Eating a Chri s tma s pi e ;

He put in his thumb, an d he took o ut a pl um,

And said, What a good boy am I! ”

Littl e Johnny Pr i n gl e had a littl e pig;

I t w as very littl e, s o w as not very big.

As i t was pl aying beneath the shed, In half a minute poor Piggie was dead .

So Johnny Pringle he sat down an d cried, And Bet ty Pringl e she l ay down an d died .

Ther e is the history of one, t wo , a n d thr ee, Johnny Pringl e, Betty Pr ingl e, an d Piggi e

Wiggi e .

38 RHY MES .

Littl e Miss Mui f e t

She sat on a t uffet,

Eati n g o f curds an d whe y ;

Ther e came a black spide r, And sat do wn beside he r , Which frighten ed Miss Mufiet

Ther e was a li ttl e man , And he had a little gun , his bul l ets wer e made of l e a d, l e ad, l ead ;

He went t o the br ook,

And he saw a littl e duck, shot i t thr ough the head, he ad, head.

He carried i t home

To his wife Joan, bade he r a fir e to make, make , make ,

To r oas t the litt l e duck,

He had shot in the br ook,

he ’ d go an d fetch the drake , dr ake ,

Li t tl e Tommy Tucke r

Sing fo r yo ur suppe r .

What shall I sing

White br ead an d butte r .

How shall I cut i t

Without an y kni fe

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