Puddock, Mousie, and Ratton
There lived a Puddock in a well, And a merry Mousie in a mill.
Puddock he would a-wooing rid Sword and pistol by his side.
Puddock came to the Mousie's inn, "Mistress Mousie, are you within?"
MOUSIE.
"Yes, kind Sir, I am within, Softly do I sit and spin."
PUDDOCK.
"Madam, I am come to woo, Marriage I must have of you."
MOUSIE.
"Marriage I will grant you none Till Uncle Ratton he comes home."
PUDDOCK.
"See, Uncle Ratton's now come in Then go and bask the bride within."
Who is it that sits next the wall But Lady Mousie both slim and small?
Who is it that sits next the bride But Lord Puddock with yellow side?
But soon came Duckie and with her Sir Drake; Duckie takes Puddock and makes him squeak.
Then came in the old carl cat With a fiddle on his back: "Do ye any music lack?"
Puddock he swam down the brook, Sir Drake he catched him in his fluke.
The cat he pulled Lord Ratton down, The kittens they did claw his crown.
But Lady Mousie, so slim and small, Crept into a hole beneath the wall; "Squeak," quoth she, "I'm out of it all."
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THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER
THE PIED PIPER OF FRANCHVILLE
THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS
TOM TIT TOT
THE THREE SILLIES
THE ROSE-TREE
THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG
HOW JACK WENT TO SEEK HIS FORTUNE
MR. VINEGAR
NIX NOUGHT NOTHING
JACK HANNAFORD
BINNORIE
MOUSE AND MOUSER
CAP O' RUSHES
TEENY-TINY
THE MASTER AND HIS PUPIL
TITTY MOUSE ND TATTY MOUSE
JACK AND HIS GOLDEN SNUFF-BOX
HENNY-PENNY
CHILDE ROWLAND
MOLLY WHUPPIE
THE RED ETTIN
MASTER OF ALL MASTERS.
THE GOLDEN ARM
THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB
MR. FOX
LAZY JACK
JOHNNY-CAKE
EARL MAR'S DAUGHTER
MR. MIACCA
WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
THE STRANGE VISITOR
THE LAIDLY WORM OF SPINDLESTON HEUGH
THE CAT AND THE MOUSE.
THE FISH AND THE RING.
THE MAGPIE'S NEST
KATE CRACKERNUTS
THE CAULD LAD OF HILTON
THE ASS, THE TABLE, AND THE STICK
FAIRY OINTMENT
THE WELL OF THE WORLD'S END.
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