A TALE OF ST. IVES
Reading edition
Listen, O Queen! to my wonderful tale.
‘As I was going to St. Ives, I met a man with seven wives Every wife had seven sacks, Every sack had seven cats, Every cat had seven kits: Kits, cats, sacks, and wives, How many were there going to St. Ives?’
I have thought and counted, and counted and thought, but I cannot tell how many were going to St. Ives.
Can you help me, wise Queen?
ON THE WAY TO ST. IVES