Nursery Rhyme. DXLVII. Natural History.

    Pussy cat eat the dumplings, the dumplings,
    Pussy cat eat the dumplings.
            Mamma stood by,
            And cried, Oh, fie!
    Why did you eat the dumplings?

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Nursery Rhyme. XIII. Historical

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Puns

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Nursery Rhyme. CXX. Scholastic.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXXX. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXXVI. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DLIII. Natural History.

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Nursery Rhyme. DXL. Natural History.

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