Part 20 (1/2)

Yet things break in and steal the gold.

CCIV.

[A horse-sh.o.e.r.]

What shoe-maker makes shoes without leather, With all the four elements put together?

Fire and water, earth and air; Ev'ry customer has two pair.

CCV.

[Currants.]

Higgledy piggledy Here we lie, Pick'd and pluck'd, And put in a pie.

My first is snapping, snarling, growling, My second's industrious, romping, and prowling.

Higgledy piggledy Here we lie, Pick'd and pluck'd, And put in a pie.

CCVI.

Thomas a Tattamus took two Ts, To tie two tups to two tall trees, To frighten the terrible Thomas a Tattamus!

Tell me how many Ts there are in all THAT.

CCVII.

[The man had one eye, and the tree two apples upon it.]

There was a man who had no eyes, He went abroad to view the skies; He saw a tree with apples on it, He took no apples off, yet left no apples on it.

CCVIII.

[Cleopatra.]

The moon nine days old, The next sign to cancer; Pat rat without a tail;-- And now, sir, for your answer,

CCIX.

[A candle.]

Little Nancy Etticoat, In a white petticoat, And a red nose; The longer she stands, The shorter she grows.

CCX.

[Pair of tongs.]