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246 MOTHER GOOSES NURSERY RHYMES.
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 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 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 ox would not.
She went a little farther, and she met a butcher. So she
said—
‘“ Butcher, butcher, kill ox;
Ox won't drink water;
Water won't quench fire;
Fire w hont burn stick: