give you no hay, till you go to the butcher
and fetch me some meat."

First she leapt, and then she ran,
Till she came to the butcher, and thus began,--

"Pray, butcher, give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that farmer
may give me hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk,
that I may give cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again."

"No," says the butcher, "I'll give you no meat till you go to the baker
and fetch me some bread."

First she leapt, and then she ran,
Till she came to the baker, and thus began,--

"Pray, baker, give me bread, that I may give butcher bread, that butcher
may give me meat, that I may give farmer meat, that farmer may give me
hay, that I may give cow hay, that cow may give me milk, that I may give
cat milk, that cat may give me my own tail again."

"Yes," says the baker, "I'll give you some bread,
But if you eat my meal, I'll cut off your head."

Then the baker gave mouse bread, and mouse gave butcher bread, and
butcher gave mouse meat, and mouse gave farmer meat, and farmer gave
mouse hay, and mouse gave cow hay, and cow gave mouse milk, and mouse
gave cat milk, and cat gave mouse her own tail again!

*****

FIRE! FIRE! BURN STICK!

And old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked
sixpence. "What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence? I
will go to market and buy a little pig." As she was coming home she came
to a stile; the piggy would not go over the stile.

She went a little farther, and she met a dog. So she said to the dog,
"Dog! bit pig; piggy won't go over the stile, and I shan't get home
to-night." But the dog would not.

She went a little farther, and she met a stick. So she said, "Stick!
stick! beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and
I shan't get home to-night." But the stick would not.

She went a little farther, and she met a fire. So she said, "Fire! fire!
burn stick; stick won't beat dog; dog won't bite pig; piggy won't get
over the stile, and I shan't get home to-night." But the fire would not.

She went a little farther, and she met some water. So she said, "Water!
water! quench fire; fire won't burn stick; stick wont beat dog; dog
won't bite pig; piggy won't get over the stile, and I shan't get home
to-night." But the water would not.

She went a little farther, and she met an ox. So she said, "Ox! ox!
drink water; water won't quench fire; fire won't