POEMS FOR LITTLE ONE

THE FLY God in His wisdom made the fly And then forgot to tell us why. THE MULES In the world of mules There are no rules. (Ogden Nash) If your lips would keep from slips. Of these five things beware: Of whom you speak, To whom you speak, And how, and when, and where. slip [slip] - (здесь) ошибка, промах to beware [bi'wea] - беречься, остерегаться THE WISE OWL There was an old owl lived in an oak. The more he heard, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Oh, if men were all like that wise bird! THE KITTEN The trouble with a kitten is THAT Eventually it becomes a CAT LIMERICKS There was an Old Man of Peru, Who dreamed he was eating his shoe. He awoke in the night In a terrible fright And found it was perfectly true! There was a Young Lady of Niger, Who smiled as she rode on a tiger; They returned from the ride With the Lady inside, And the smile on the face of the tiger.