"I've spun a piece of hempen cloth, "And with that I could not help but laugh, "And all on the top of the Caldon-Low The mists were cold and gray, And nothing I saw but the mossy stones That round about me lay. "But as I came down from the hilltop, I heard, afar below, How busy the jolly miller was, And how merry the wheel did go. "And I peeped into the widow's field, "And down by the weaver's croft I stole, To see if the flax were high; But I saw the weaver at his gate "Now, this is all that I heard, mother, So, prithee, make my bed, mother, WHO STOLE THE BIRD'S NEST? By L. MARIA CHILD NO-WHIT! to-whit! to-whee! TWill you listen to me? Who stole four eggs I laid, And the nice nest I made?" "Not I," said the cow; "Moo-oo! Such a thing I'd never do. I gave you a wisp of hay, But didn't take your nest away. Not I," said the cow; "Moo-oo! "To-whit! to-whit! to-whee! "Bob-o'-link! Bob-o'-link! "Not I," said the dog; "Bow-wow! "Not I," said the sheep; "Oh, no! "To-whit! to-whit! to-whee! "Chirr-a-whirr! Chirr-a-whirr! All the birds make a stir! "I would not rob a bird," "It is very cruel, too," How sad the bird would feel?" A little boy hung down his head, In this little dialogue, what part do the birds take? What part do the animals take? |