Mother Goose's Menagerie: With Original Illustrations

By Carolyn Wells

Mother Goose's Menagerie include some of the most favorite children's stories and tales, such as "The Three Bears" and "The Three Blind Mice", written in verse and beautifully illustrated. Table of Contents: Mother Goose's Menagerie Tim and Tilly Mother Hubbard's Dog Mary's Lamb Miss Muffett's Spider The Five Little Pigs Red Ridinghood's Wolf The Cow that Jumped over the Moon The Four-and-Twenty Blackbirds The Three Blind Mice The Frog who would a-wooing Go The Three Bears The Pussy-Cat who Visited the Queen The Mouse that Ran up the Clock The Lion and the Unicorn The Little Dog that Laughed Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American writer and poet. She is known for her Patty Fairfield series of novels for young girls, and a number of poetry books for children.

• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Nov 13, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547395065

Carolyn Wells

Carolyn Wells (1862-1942) was an American poet, librarian, and mystery writer. Born in Rahway, New Jersey, Wells began her career as a children’s author with such works as At the Sign of the Sphinx (1896), The Jingle Book (1899), and The Story of Betty (1899). After reading a mystery novel by Anna Katharine Green, Wells began focusing her efforts on the genre and found success with her popular Detective Fleming Stone stories. The Clue (1909), her most critically acclaimed work, cemented her reputation as a leading mystery writer of the early twentieth century. In 1918, Wells married Hadwin Houghton, the heir of the Houghton-Mifflin publishing fortune, and remained throughout her life an avid collector of rare and important poetry volumes.

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Carolyn Wells

Mother Goose's Menagerie

With Original Illustrations

EAN 8596547395065

DigiCat, 2022

Contact: [e-mail]

Table of Contents

Tim and Tilly

Mother Hubbard's Dog

Mary's Lamb

Miss Muffett's Spider

The Five Little Pigs

Red Ridinghood's Wolf

The Cow That Jumped Over the Moon

The Four-And-Twenty Blackbirds

The Three Blind Mice

The Frog Who Would A-Wooing Go

The Three Bears

The Pussy-Cat Who Visited the Queen

The Mouse That Ran Up the Clock

The Lion and the Unicorn

The Little Dog That Laughed

To my niece

M A R G E R Y   W E L L S

Tim and Tilly

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Two little children, once there were,

Whose names were Tim and Tilly.

His skin was brown and rosy; her

Fair face was like a lily.

And they were just as good as gold,

And always did as they were told.

Their pretty ways

Deserve much praise,

Dear little Tim and Tilly.

One summer morning, hand in hand

Along the roadside walking,

Tilly and Tim went singing, and

Occasionally talking,

When, being tired, they thought it best

Upon a stone to sit and rest.

To them there came

An aged Dame

Along the roadside walking.

Good-morning, said she, children dear;

Good-day, said they, politely.

Her dress was just a trifle queer,

Though not at all unsightly.

She wore a quilted petticoat,

A cap with buckles at the throat,

A peaked hat,

With brim quite flat,

But not at all unsightly.

Perhaps, my dears, you don't know me;

No, ma'am, they answered, smiling.

Why, I am Mother Goose, said she

(Her manner was beguiling).

"I'm on a journey to my Zoo,

I'm sure that it would interest you,

And if you'd care

To visit there—"

Yes, ma'am! they answered, smiling.

Jump on my broomstick, then, she cried,

"Dear little Tim and Tilly,

T will be a long and rapid ride,

I hope you won't be chilly."

They took their places nothing loth,

She wrapped her cloak about them both;

With wild delight

They held on tight

And were not even chilly.

After they'd gone a mile or three,

They reached their destination;

And Mother Goose said pleasantly,

Welcome to my plantation.

Then every kind of sound was heard,

The purr of cat and song of bird,

The bark of dog

And croak of frog,

Around the whole plantation.

Joyfully Tim and Tilly spied

Animals of all ages;

Some walking with a stately stride,

And some shut up in cages.

In kennels, stables, stalls, and pens,

In