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... Fisherman and His Wife G is Goody Two - Shoes H is the House that Jack Built I is Capital I and Little I Jis Johnny Cake ! Johnny Cake ! Kis King Alfred and the Cakes Lis the Lion and the Mouse M is the Magpie's Nest N is the North Wind ...
... Fisherman and His Wife G is Goody Two - Shoes H is the House that Jack Built I is Capital I and Little I Jis Johnny Cake ! Johnny Cake ! Kis King Alfred and the Cakes Lis the Lion and the Mouse M is the Magpie's Nest N is the North Wind ...
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... ? Narcissus . You are playing with me . You are playing with me . Echo . Narcissus . I am going away . Echo . I am going away . Narcissus . Echo . Good - by ! Good - by ! THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE I A fisherman sat on 27.
... ? Narcissus . You are playing with me . You are playing with me . Echo . Narcissus . I am going away . Echo . I am going away . Narcissus . Echo . Good - by ! Good - by ! THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE I A fisherman sat on 27.
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The First Reader Georgia Alexander. THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE I A fisherman sat on the rocks by the sea . No fish had come to his line all day . He was just going home . Jerk ! Jerk ! what was that ? Just see the queer fish on his line ...
The First Reader Georgia Alexander. THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE I A fisherman sat on the rocks by the sea . No fish had come to his line all day . He was just going home . Jerk ! Jerk ! what was that ? Just see the queer fish on his line ...
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... fisherman told his wife about the queer fish . She was angry with him . " Did you ask the fish for anything ? " said she . " No , " said the fisherman , " I did not think of that . " " Go back and ask for a good home , ” said she . The ...
... fisherman told his wife about the queer fish . She was angry with him . " Did you ask the fish for anything ? " said she . " No , " said the fisherman , " I did not think of that . " " Go back and ask for a good home , ” said she . The ...
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... fisherman . " Go home , " said the fish , " Your wife has her wish . " The fisherman went back to his wife . There stood a lovely new home . They had everything - pigs and geese and a cow . " How fine ! " said the fisherman . Next ...
... fisherman . " Go home , " said the fish , " Your wife has her wish . " The fisherman went back to his wife . There stood a lovely new home . They had everything - pigs and geese and a cow . " How fine ! " said the fisherman . Next ...
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Aladdin asked Blount castle cat That caught caught the rat Cinderella cluck cried crumpled horn David Dick Whittington Doctor Marigold dog That worried dress Dustman Echo ECHO AND NARCISSUS fairy dancer fast Fitzwarren forlorn That milked glad Godmother Goody Two-Shoes grunted White Pig Hialmar horn That tossed house that Jack Jack built Johnny Cake kind King Alfred kissed the maiden little boy Little Boy Blue Little fish little mouse little old wife looked lovely magician Magpie maiden all forlorn malt That lay mice milked the cow morning Narcissus night North Wind Old Mother Hubbard Primer Prince Cherry quacked Fat Goose queen rabbit Raleigh Red Hen shoes Simple Simon sister sleep SOLOMON GRUNDY Sophy SOUND DRILL squeaked Black Rat story suggestions to teachers tell Tin Soldier Tootsy torn That kissed tossed the dog walk Walter Raleigh Woman words worried the cat
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Page 59 - Monday's child is fair of face/ Tuesday's child is full of grace/ Wednesday's child is full of woe/ Thursday's child has far to go...
Page 41 - THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT This is the farmer sowing his corn, That kept the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn, That milked the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog That worried the cat That killed the rat That ate the malt That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 43 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cock that crowed in the morn, That waked the priest all shaven and shorn, 20 That married the man all tattered and torn, That kissed the maiden all forlorn...
Page 63 - She went to the hatter's To buy him a hat, But when she came back He was feeding the cat. She went to the barber's To buy him a wig, But when she came back He was dancing a jig. She went to the fruiterer's To buy him some fruit, But when she came back He was playing the flute.
Page 81 - Indeed, I have not any." Simple Simon went a-fishing For to catch a whale; All the water he could find Was in his mother's pail!
Page 44 - ... the maiden all forlorn, that milked the cow with the crumpled horn, that tossed the dog, that worried the cat, that caught the rat, that ate the malt that lay in the house that Jack built (Z 51).
Page 34 - SOLOMON Grundy, Born on Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday ; This is the end Of Solomon Grundy ! XL VII.
Page 81 - SIMPLE Simon met a pieman Going to the fair; Says Simple Simon to the pieman, "Let me taste your ware." Says the pieman to Simple Simon, "Show me first your penny"; Says Simple Simon to the pieman. "Indeed I have not any." Simple Simon went a-fishing For to catch a whale; All the water he had got Was in his mother's pail. Simple Simon went to look If plums grew on a thistle; He pricked his fingers very much, Which made poor Simon whistle.
Page 63 - OLD mother Hubbard, Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone ; But when she came there, The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none. She went to the baker's To buy him some bread, But when she came back The poor dog was dead. She went to the joiner's To buy him a coffin, But when she came back The poor dog was laughing.
Page 22 - The cock crows in the morn To tell us to rise, And he who lies late Will never be wise. For early to bed, And early to rise, Is the way to be healthy And wealthy and wise.