Part 110

i I was once a bottle of ink, Inky, Dinky, Thinky, Inky, Black minky, Bottle of ink!

j J was once a jar of jam, Jammy, Mammy, Clammy, Jammy, Sweety, swammy, Jar of jam!

k K was once a little kite, Kity, Whity, Flighty, Kity, Out of sighty, Little kite!

l L was once a little lark, Larky, Marky, Harky, Larky, In the parky, Little lark!

m M was once a little mouse, Mousy, Bousy, Sousy, Mousy, In the housy, Little mouse!

n N was once a little needle, Needly, Tweedly, Threedly, Needly, Wisky, wheedly, Little needle!

o O was once a little owl, Owly, Prowly, Howly, Owly, Browny fowly, Little owl!

p P was once a little pump, Pumpy, Slumpy, Flumpy, Pumpy, Dumpy, thumpy, Little pump!

q Q was once a little quail, Quaily, Faily, Daily, Quaily, Stumpy-taily, Little quail!

r R was once a little rose, Rosy, Posy, Nosy, Rosy, Blows-y, grows-y, Little rose!

s S was once a little shrimp, Shrimpy, Nimpy, Flimpy, Shrimpy, Jumpy, jimpy, Little shrimp!

t T was once a little thrush, Thrushy, Hushy, Bushy, Thrushy, Flitty, flushy, Little thrush!

u U was once a little urn, Urny, Burny, Turny, Urny, Bubbly, burny, Little urn!

v V was once a little vine, Viny, Winy, Twiny, Viny, Twisty-twiny, Little vine!

w W was once a whale, Whaly, Scaly, Shaly, Whaly, Tumbly-taily, Mighty whale!

x X was once a great king Xerxes, Xerxy, Perxy, Turxy, Xerxy, Linxy, lurxy, Great King Xerxes!

y Y was once a little yew Yewdy, Fewdy, Crudy, Yewdy, Growdy, grewdy, Little yew!

z Z was once a piece of zinc, Tinky, Winky, Blinky, Tinky, Tinkly minky, Piece of zinc!

THE APPLE PIE

A was an apple pie, B bit it; C cut it; D dealt it; E ate it; F fought for it; G got it; H had it; I inquired about it; J joined it; K kept it; L longed for it; M mourned for it; N nodded at it; O opened it; P peeped in it; Q quartered it; R ran for it; S stole it; T took it; U upset it; V viewed it; W wanted it; X, Y, Z, and amper-sand, All hoped for a piece in hand.

WHO'S WHO IN THE ZOO?

BY CAROLYN WELLS.

A is for the Antelope, A beast that I have never met; They say he jumps the skipping-rope And makes a charming household pet.

Well, as to that I cannot say; But A is for him, anyway.

B stands for Bajjerkeit; maybe You've never chanced this beast to see; So I'll describe him to you. Well, There isn't very much to tell. One day I idly chanced to look Within a Natural History book, And there I saw his funny name, And thought I'd hand him down to fame.

C is for Codfish. He must be The saltest fish that swims the sea. And, oh! He has a secret woe! You see, he thinks it's all his fault The ocean is so very salt! And so, In hopeless grief and woe, The Codfish has, for many years, Shed quarts of salty, briny tears! And, oh! His tears still flow-- So great his grief and woe!

D stands for Dodo. He's a bird That isn't known to many; And this the reason, I have heard-- Because there aren't any! The Dodo, who once blithely blinked, Is now exceedingly extinct, And doesn't it seem rather nice To think that D stands for him twice?

E is for Elephant. I know He isn't natty, trim, or trig; His eyes are rather small, and, oh, I fear his ears are far too big! But there's a well-attested rumor That he has quite a sense of humor; So crack a joke whene'er you meet An Elephant upon the street.