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Little Bo-Peep
Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone, and they'll come home,
And bring their tails behind them.
Most people know the first verse of "Little Bo-Peep," but it seems that the sheep — and their tails — had quite an adventure. To find out more about those wayward tails, read the rest of the "tale" below.
Little Bo-Peep fell fast sleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating;
But when she awoke, she found it a joke,
For still they all were fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook,
Determined for to find them;
She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they'd left all their tails behind 'em!
It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did stray
Unto a meadow hard by —
There she espied their tails, side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks she raced;
And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,
That each tail should be properly placed.
Mother Osprey Poem: Lydia Gail
Illustrations from: The Little Mother Goose; My First Picture Book; and Harry's Ladder to Learning (available through Project Gutenberg)
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Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep,
And can't tell where to find them;
Leave them alone, and they'll come home,
And bring their tails behind them.
Most people know the first verse of "Little Bo-Peep," but it seems that the sheep — and their tails — had quite an adventure. To find out more about those wayward tails, read the rest of the "tale" below.
Little Bo-Peep fell fast sleep,
And dreamt she heard them bleating;
But when she awoke, she found it a joke,
For still they all were fleeting.
Then up she took her little crook,
Determined for to find them;
She found them indeed, but it made her heart bleed,
For they'd left all their tails behind 'em!
It happened one day, as Bo-Peep did stray
Unto a meadow hard by —
There she espied their tails, side by side,
All hung on a tree to dry.
She heaved a sigh and wiped her eye,
And over the hillocks she raced;
And tried what she could, as a shepherdess should,
That each tail should be properly placed.
Mother Osprey Poem: Lydia Gail
Illustrations from: The Little Mother Goose; My First Picture Book; and Harry's Ladder to Learning (available through Project Gutenberg)
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