e my own tail again."
"So I will, Mousey, if you will eat up the crumbs that have fallen
at my breakfast," said the Butcher.
"Oh, that I will," said the Mouse, and she soon cleared the floor
of every crumb.

Then the Butcher gave the Mouse some meat, and the Mouse gave the
Baker the meat, and the Baker gave the Mouse some bread, and the
Mouse gave the Farmer the bread, and the Farmer gave the Mouse some
hay, and the Mouse gave the Cow the hay, and the Cow gave the Mouse
some milk, and the Mouse gave Pussy the milk, and then Pussy gave
poor little Mousey her own tail again.

So she frisked and jumped, and away she ran
And cried out to Pussy, "Catch me if you can!"

Mouse Gruel

There was an Old Person of Ewell,
Who chiefly subsisted on gruel,
But to make it taste nice, he inserted some mice,
Which refreshed that Old Person of Ewell.

Wise Mice

Some little mice sat in a barn to spin,
Pussy came by and she popped her head in.
"Shall I come in and cut your threads off?"
"Oh, no, kind sir, you will bite our heads off!"

Mouse Ran up the Clock

Hickory, diccory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down,
Hickory, diccory, dock.

A Frog he would a-Wooing Go

A Frog he would a-wooing go,
Whether his mother would have it or no;
So off he set with his nice new hat,
And on the road he met a rat.

"Pray, Mr. Rat, will you go with me,
Kind Mrs. Mousey for to see!"
When they came to the door of Mousey's hall,
They gave a loud knock, and gave a loud call.

[Illustration: Frog, Rat and Mousey.]

"Pray, Mrs. Mouse, are you within?"
"Oh, yes, kind sirs, I'm sitting to spin."
"Pray, Mrs. Mouse, Will you give us some beer?
For Froggy and I are fond of good cheer."

"Pray, Mr. Frog, will you give us a song--
But let it be something that's not very long!"
"Indeed, Mrs. Mouse," replied the Frog,
"A cold has made me as hoarse as a dog."

"Since you have a cold, Mr. Frog," Mousey said,
"I'll sing you a song that I have just made."
But while they were all a merry-making,
A cat and her kittens came tumbling in.

The cat she seized the rat by the crown;
The kittens they pulled the little mouse down.
This put Mr. Frog in a terrible fright:
He took up his hat, and wished them good-night.
But as Froggy was crossing over a brook,
A lily-white duck came and gobbled h