LITERAL, 33

LI.

COME hither, little puppy dog ;
I’ll give you a new collar,

If you will learn to read your book
And be a clever scholar.

No, no! replied the puppy dog,
I’ve other fish to fry,

For I must learn to guard your house,
And bark when thieves come nigh.

With a tingle, tangle, titmouse!
Robin knows great A,

And B, and C, and D, and E,
Ea Groeten] es

Come hither, pretty cockatoo ;
Come and learn your letters,
And you shall have a knife and fork
To eat with, like your betters,
No, no! the cockatoo replied,
My } -*: will do as well;

Id rather eat my victuals thus
Than go and learn to spell.
With a tingle, tangle, titmouse!

Robin knows great A,
And B, and C, and D, and E,
195 (Ge let, dei IK.