. Home songs for little people . So, rising from her nest, she said, Now, children, look at me : A well-bred duck should waddle so,From side to side—d ye see T 108 HOME SONGS. Yes, said the little ones; and then She went on to explain: A well-bred duck turns in its toes As I do—try again. Yes, said the ducklings, waddling on ; Thats better, said their mother;But well-bred ducks walk in a row, Straight—one behind another. Yes, said the little ducks again, All waddling in a row : Now to the pond, said old Dame Duck ; Splash, splash, and in they Let me swim first, said old Dame Duck, To this
. Home songs for little people . So, rising from her nest, she said, Now, children, look at me : A well-bred duck should waddle so,From side to side—d ye see T 108 HOME SONGS. Yes, said the little ones; and then She went on to explain: A well-bred duck turns in its toes As I do—try again. Yes, said the ducklings, waddling on ; Thats better, said their mother;But well-bred ducks walk in a row, Straight—one behind another. Yes, said the little ducks again, All waddling in a row : Now to the pond, said old Dame Duck ; Splash, splash, and in they Let me swim first, said old Dame Duck, To this side—now to , snap at those brown-winged flies, They make young ducklings fat. HOME SONGS. 109 Now when you reach the poultry-yard, The hen-wife, Molly Head,Will feed you with the other fowls, On bran and mashed-up bread. The hens will peck and fight; but mind, I hope that all of youWill gobble up the food as fast As well-bred ducks should do. You d better get into the dish, Unless it is too small;In that case, I should use my foot, And overturn it all. The ducklings did as they were bid, And found the plan so good,That, from that day, the other fowls Got hardly any food. THE WA3P AND THE BEE. A WASP met a bee that was just buzzing by,And he said, Little cousin, can you tell me whyYou are loved o much better by people than I? 10 110 HOME SONGS. My back shines as bright and as yellow as gold, And my shape is most elegant, too, to behold;Yet nobody likes me for that, I am told. Ah, cousin, the bee said, t is all very true ; But
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