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Dedication
Mother Goose
was created especially for
{Angela Marie Smith}
at the age of {5}
{With Love From,
Mom and Dad
October
1, 2004}
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The rain fell against the house on {1234 Spring Lane}.
"We can't play outside; it's just too wet," sighed {Angie}. "It's too wet and gray for {Ashley and Katie} to come over."
A rhyme came to mind, and this gave {Angie} an idea for a new game.
Rain, rain go away,
come again some other day.
For
{Angie, Ashley and Katie}, it's just too wet to play today.
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"This is fun!" {Angie} said. She quickly tried another
rhyme.
Hey, diddle, diddle!
{Angie} played the fiddle.
{Ashley}
jumped over the moon.
{Angie} laughed to see such a sport, and {Ashley} ran away with the spoon.
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"That was pretty good," {Angie} said. "Here's another
one."
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man.
Bake {Angie} a cake
and a gingerbread man.
Put it in the oven, so fluffy and light,
then serve it to {Angie, Ashley and Katie} tonight.
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{Angie} laughed out loud when she thought of this one.
{Angie} saw an old woman
who lived in a shoe.
She
had so many children,
she didn't know what to do.
She gave {Angie} some broth
and some cinnamon bread,
and kissed
her, hugged her,
and put her to bed.
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{Angie} wondered what she could do with "Jack be nimble."
{Angie} Be Nimble, {Angie} be quick,
{Angie} jumped over
the candlestick.
{Angie} jumped so high
she touched the sky,
and didn't get back
'til the Fourth of July.
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{Angie} remembered she had heard this one in school one
day.
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
and doesn't know where
to find them.
"Leave them alone," {Angie} said
on the phone,
"and I'll travel close behind them."
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Jack and Jill went up the hill
to fetch a pail of water.
Jack
fell down and broke his crown,
and Jill came tumbling after.
Up Jack got and off did trot,
careful not to stray.
But
there sat Jill so sad and still,
so then {Angie} said, "Let's play!"
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What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and everything
nice.
That's what little girls are made of.
{Angie} giggled when she thought of this one.
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What are little boys made of?
Snakes and snails and
puppy
dog tails.
That's what little boys are made of.
{Angie} really giggled when she thought of this one.
Page 20
Thirty days have September, April,
June, and November.
All
the rest have thirty-one,
excepting February alone;
{Angie} sees twenty-eight days there,
and {Angie} sees twenty-nine
each
leap year.
"This is getting too easy," said {Angie}.
"I'll try a
harder one."
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Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
eating her curds and
whey.
Before a big spider could sit down
beside her, {Angie} stood bold
with a big stick to hold,
and she frightened
the spider away.
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It only took a moment for {Angie} to come up with
a new rhyme.
Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty-Dumpty had a great
fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's
men, couldn't put Humpty together again.
Then along came {Angie} with
her
tape, and her glue,
and put back the pieces as good as new.
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Hickory, dickory, dock!
The mouse ran up the clock.
The
clock struck one,
the mouse ran down,
and followed {Angie} into town.
Hickory, dickory, dock!
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{Angie} had trouble with the next rhyme. "Try adding
your name to this one," {Angie} said.
Peter Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers.
A peck
of pickled peppers
Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled
peppers, where's the peck of pickled
peppers
Peter Piper picked?
Oh, well, {Angie} doesn't like to eat
pickled peppers anyway.
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{Angie} thought of this clever rhyme for "Three Men in a
Tub."
Rub-a-dub dub,
three men in a tub.
Who do you think
they could be?
The barber, the baker, and the candlestick
maker, all floating in the sea.
{Ashley} couldn't believe
all of the fish that they retrieved,
until {Angie} pulled out three.
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Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
how {Angie} wonders where
you are.
Up above {Angie's} world so high,
like a diamond in the sky.
Your bright and shining little spark,
makes
{Angie} happy as a lark.
Glowing brightly near and far,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
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