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250 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 rat would not.
. She went a little farther, and she met a cat. So she
said— :
| “Cat, cat, kill rat;
. Rat won't onaw rope ;
Rope w ont hang butcher ;
Butcher won’t kill ox;
Ox won't drink water;
Water won't quench fire;
Fire w hont burn stick;
Stick w ont beat dog;
Dog won't bite pig;
Piggy won’t get over the stile;
And I shan’t get home to-night.”
But the cat said to her, “If you will go to yonder cow,
and fetch me a saucer of milk, I will kill the rat." So away
went the old woman to the cow, and said—