. In happy far-away land . that she did not once think about the broken flower. Bo-Peep was glad because she had helped the cook, but most of all because shehad pleased her father, and because her mother knew that it was not her faultthat the flower was broken. And when she danced that night, with all thelords and ladies, in the beautiful ball-room, Princess Bo-Peep was the happiestlittle girl in all the land of Far Away. Of course, the people of Far Away Country made a song about it, for inthat country they make songs about everything, and this is the song as theysing it there to this very da
. In happy far-away land . that she did not once think about the broken flower. Bo-Peep was glad because she had helped the cook, but most of all because shehad pleased her father, and because her mother knew that it was not her faultthat the flower was broken. And when she danced that night, with all thelords and ladies, in the beautiful ball-room, Princess Bo-Peep was the happiestlittle girl in all the land of Far Away. Of course, the people of Far Away Country made a song about it, for inthat country they make songs about everything, and this is the song as theysing it there to this very day : Sing a song of sixpence,A pocket full of rye;Four-and-twenty blackbirdsBaked in a pie. i8 PRINCESS BO-PEEP When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasnt that a dainty dish To set before a King ? The King was in his counting-house Counting out his money; The Queen was in the kitchen Eating bread and honey; The maid was in the garden Hanging out the clothes, When along came a blackbird And nipped off her
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