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HERE was a king met a king
In a narrow lane;

Says this king to that king,

"Where have you been?"

"There's the dog take the dog."
"What's the dog's name?"
"I've told you already.”
Pray tell me again."

N marble walls as white as milk,

IN

Lined with a skin as soft as silk;
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear.

No doors there are to this stronghold.

Yet things break in and steal the gold.

[An egg.

'LOUR of England, fruit of Spain,

FLO

Met together in a shower of rain; Put in a bag tied round with a string,

If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a ring.

HAVE a little sister, they call her Peep, Peep ; She wades the waters deep, deep, deep; She climbs the mountains high, high, high; Poor little creature she has but one eye.

[A star.

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IGGLEDY piggledy
Here we lie,

Pick'd and pluck'd,

And put in a pie.

My first is snapping, snarling, growling,
My second's industrious, romping, and prowling.

Higgledy piggledy

Here we lie,

Pick'd and pluck'd,

And put in a pie..

[Currants

H

UMPTY DUMPTY sate on a wall;

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;

Three score men and three score more

Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.

[An egg.

HIRTY white horses upon a red hill,

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Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still,

[Teeth and gums.

HOMAS A TATTAMUS took two T's,
To tie two tups. to two tall trees,

TH tie two to two

To frighten the terrible Thomas a Tattamus! Tell me how many T's there are in all THAT.

OLD

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LD mother Twitchett had but one eye,
And a long tail which she let fly;

And every time she went over a gap,
She left a bit of her tail in a trap.

Men seek for us till they are tired. We tire the horse, but comfort man ; Tell me this riddle if you can.

Coals