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... stile into the meadow . The old woman tried to lift the pig over the lower bar of the stile , but he squeaked and grunted , and wriggled about till the old woman was tired , and then lay down and would not stir . Just then a little dog ...
... stile into the meadow . The old woman tried to lift the pig over the lower bar of the stile , but he squeaked and grunted , and wriggled about till the old woman was tired , and then lay down and would not stir . Just then a little dog ...
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... stile , and I shall not get home to - night . " But the stick would not . So the old woman gathered some bits of wood together , and set them on fire , and then threw her stick into the fire , and said : " Good fire , burn stick ; stick ...
... stile , and I shall not get home to - night . " But the stick would not . So the old woman gathered some bits of wood together , and set them on fire , and then threw her stick into the fire , and said : " Good fire , burn stick ; stick ...
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... stile , and I shall not get home to - night . " But the water would not . So the old woman turned round in a passion , and then she saw an ox coming ; so she said : “ Good ox , drink water ; water will not quench fire , fire will not ...
... stile , and I shall not get home to - night . " But the water would not . So the old woman turned round in a passion , and then she saw an ox coming ; so she said : “ Good ox , drink water ; water will not quench fire , fire will not ...
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... stile again , and then she saw a jolly but- cher leaning on the stile ; so she said to him : " Good butcher , kill ox ; ox will not drink water , water will not quench fire , fire will not burn stick , stick will not beat dog , dog will ...
... stile again , and then she saw a jolly but- cher leaning on the stile ; so she said to him : " Good butcher , kill ox ; ox will not drink water , water will not quench fire , fire will not burn stick , stick will not beat dog , dog will ...
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... stile , and I shall not get home to - night . But the rope would not . So the old woman was in despair ; but just then a large brown mouse ran across the meadow , and she said : " Good mouse , gnaw rope ; rope will not hang butcher ...
... stile , and I shall not get home to - night . But the rope would not . So the old woman was in despair ; but just then a large brown mouse ran across the meadow , and she said : " Good mouse , gnaw rope ; rope will not hang butcher ...
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bargain beast beat dog beautiful began birds bite pig BLAKEMAN Bo-peep brother burn stick butcher churn COCK ROBIN Cocky-locky cried crumpled horn dance delighted door drake DRAWINGS BY HARRISON drink Ducky-daddles eggs exclaimed fat duck fawn flew gaed Ganderee goose Goosey Goosie-poosie hand HARRISON WEIR head heard Henny-penny home to-night horse house that Jack huntsmen Jack built JENNY WREN kill kill'd the rat kiss'd the maiden knife-grinder LITTLE BO-PEEP'S lump of gold maiden all forlorn malt marsh milk'd the cow morning New-York night OLD MOTHER HUBBARD old woman peasant Piep poor duckling PUBLISHED BY SHELDON queen quench fire Reynard ROBIN AND JENNY rope saying Simple Simon sister sky is falling stile stones swans swim tell the King thought took toss'd the dog ugly ugly duckling vanish at dawn wild geese witch's daughter worried the cat young duck