Tommy Torment.

AUGHTY Tommy Torment did very wicked things—
He used to catch blue-bottle flies and pull off legs and wings.

His mother, she grew angry, and sold him to a sweep, |
So up the sooty chimneys with broom he had to creep:
But when he felt right sorry she bought him back again,
And never more, may you be sure, will he give insects pain.
He studies now their instincts, and finds to his surprise,
How clever are their habits—how cunning, and how wise.

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Robin and Richard.

OBIN and Richard were two pretty men,

*“\. They laid in bed till the clock struck ten ;
Then up starts Robin and looks at the sky
‘Oh, brother Richard, the sun’s very high!
You run for water, and I for brush-bag,

 

For to be in time now we must race like a nag,’

They dressed and came downstairs, but found breakfast done,
And all cleared away—so of course they got none,

But starved all the morn, getting thinner and thinner,

Till, hungry as hunters, they're both in time for dinner.

 

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Rolly-Polly, Gammon and Spinach.

) OLLY-polly jam-pudding I think very nice.
Heigho for rolly!
Of gammon of bacon I'll just take a slice,
With a good help of spinach, a little boiled rice.
Are you certain there ain’t any rolly ?