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A. Don’t steal any of my black sheep.
B. No, no more I will, only by one:

Up! says Jacky Lingo. (Strikes one.)
The child struck leaves the ring, and takes hold of B behind g
& in the same manner takes the other children, one by one,
gradually increasing his tail on each repetition of the verses,
until he has got the whole; 4 then tries to get them back; B
runs away with them ; they try to shelter themselves behind B ;
A drags them off, one by one, setting them against a wall until
he has recovered all_—A regular “tearing game,” as children

say,
CCCXCVI,
RIDE a cock-horse to Banbury Cross,
To see what Tommy can buy:
A penny white loaf, a penny white cake,
And a twopenny apple pie.