LITTLE BO-PEEP.

   
  
     

 

 

 
  
   

 

  

 

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At a little distance from Bo-Peep !
( They knew her Joie, sal were very glad *
Iie To have her comé with her crook to find them, &
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Who bleated and stamped to greet Bo-Peep,

\? With their tails shorn close, were odd enough ;'

Wy But the very oddest of all was when a ;

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wy And there’s very little good in crying!” _, |
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: So away she went, and at last, in a tree, i
| HW, She nay them hung a-drying ! C 5 |
: She piled them up in a great white heap, ©
AA ae cay hates ae And the best she could do, poor little Bo-Peef !
oe as saah aay calcen 2 Was to try to fasten them where they grey |
That her flock was with her ; for when she woke, B ae tes ne ee ~ ap ebe ini oe |
Rubbing her eyes to see the clearer, » Bue ee 2 ee car
She found that her dream was alli a joke, wh ea 2 ye ae nee
And they were nowhere near her. t ae
Tearful and sorrowful grew Bo-Peep! :
| Down from her lashes the tears would creep ; i

But she started out, as there was need,
Before it should be too dark to find them ;

She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they’d left their tails behind them!

Did she laugh or cry, our little Bo-Peep,
To see such a comical crowd of sheep ?
There were plenty of bodies, white and fat ;
And plenty of wide mouths, eating, eating ;
Plenty of soft wool, and all that ;
And plenty of noisy bleat’ng ;