 But the rope would not. She went a little farther, and she met a rat. So she said : — " Rat ! rat ! gnaw rope ! Rope will not hang butcher ; butcher will not kill ox ; ox will not drink water ; water will not quench fire ; fire will not burn stick ;...  Graded Classics: First reader - Page 79by Margaret Winifred Haliburton, Frank Turner Norvell - 1901 - 143 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Cundall - Children's poetry - 1858 - 212 pages
...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, butcher will...not kill ox, ox will not drink water, water will not quench fire, fire will not burn stick, stick will not beat dog, dog will not bite pig, pig will not... | |
 | Favourite pleasure books - 1859 - 210 pages
...THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG. So the old Dame took a rope out of her pocket,, and said, — " Good rope, hang butcher ; Butcher will not kill ox ; Ox will not drink water ; Water will not quench fire ; Fire will not burn stick ; Stick will not beat dog ; Dog will not bite pig ; Pig will... | |
 | Merry heart, Melville Gray - Nursery rhymes, English - 1871 - 244 pages
...mouse ; mouse will not cut rope, rope will not hang smith, smith will not smooth axe, axe will not fell ox, ox will not drink water, water will not put out fire, fire will not burn staff, staff will not strike dog, dog will not bite kid, and kid will not keep my house till I pull... | |
 | Prince - 1880 - 92 pages
...despair ; but just then a large brown mouse ran across the meadow, and she said, — " Good mouse, gnaw rope ; rope will not hang butcher ; butcher will...kill ox ; ox will not drink water ; water will not quench fire ; fire will not burn stick ; stick will not beat dog ; dog will not bite pig ; pig will... | |
 | Queen - Nursery rhymes, English - 1883 - 80 pages
...never did me any ill." Wife : " Rope, rope, hang smith ; smith will not smooth axe, axe will not fell ox, ox will not drink water, water will not put out fire, fire will not burn staff, staff will not strike dog, dog will not bite kid, and kid will not keep my house till I pull... | |
 | Education - 1893 - 726 pages
...fence, and I shall not get home tonight. " But the rope would not. She went a little farther and she met a rat. So she said : "Rat! rat! gnaw rope ! Rope will...out fire; fire will not burn stick; stick will not whip dog; dog will not bite pig; pig will not jump over the fence, and I shall not get home tonight."... | |
 | Readers - 1898 - 216 pages
...She went a little farther, and met a cat. So she said : — " Cat ! cat ! catch rat ! Rat will not gnaw rope ; rope will not hang butcher ; butcher will...kill ox ; ox will not drink water ; water will not quench fire ; fire will not burn stick ; stick will not beat dog ; dog will not bite pig ; pig will... | |
 | Lida Brown McMurry - Children's poetry - 1894 - 136 pages
...fence, and I shall not get home tonight." But the rope would not. She went a little farther and she met a rat. So she said: "Rat! rat! gnaw rope! rope will...out fire; fire will not burn stick; stick will not whip dog; dog will not bite pig; pig will not jump over the fence, and I shall not get home tonight."... | |
 | John G. Thompson, Thomas E. Thompson - 1902 - 228 pages
...not get home tonight." But the rope would not. She went on and she met a rat. She said to the rat, "Rat! rat! gnaw rope! Rope will not hang butcher;...not kill ox; ox will not drink water; water will not quench fire ; fire will not burn stick; stick will not beat dog; dog will not bite pig; pig will not... | |
 | Abraham Reeser Horne - Pennsylvania German dialect - 1910 - 416 pages
...will not shake pears, And pears will not fall. So the farmer sends out the butcher To kill the ox. Butcher will not kill ox, Ox will not drink water, Water will not quench fire, Fire will not burn stick. Stick will not heat dog, Dog will not bite Jakey, Jakey will... | |
| |
