A FAIRY JINGLE.
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"Where are you going so fast, little maid?" "To the beautiful story-book land," she said. "And what do you think you'll see, little maid?" "Just listen to me, and I'll tell you," she said. "I'll see Mother Goose with her cap and her broom; I'll kiss Cinderella in ashes at home; I'll climb up Jack's ladder, if only to beg A peep at the hen that can lay a gold egg; "Or the harp that plays sweetly Whenever you move it— Nurse tells me that often, But never can prove it. "I'll learn without doubt, If 'tis true all I feared Of the six headless wives Of cruel Bluebeard. "I'll talk with Aladdin Of his magic lamp; In the seven-league boots I'll go for a tramp; "Drink milk from the cow That jumped over the moon; And eat from the dish That ran off with the spoon. "I'll dance to the fiddles Of merry King Cole; Hear the knell of Cock-Robin Most solemnly toll; "Drop leaves on the graves Of the Babes in the Wood; And talk to the wolf That met Red Riding-Hood. "I'll shake by the hand Each old and dear friend, My doubts all about them Forever at end." K. L. G. D.
A KID IN AMATEUR THEATRICALS. Mr. William Goat, Jun., in the character of Captain Kidd, makes quite a success in barn theatricals.
