Favourites of a nursery of seventy years ago : and some others of later date (1916)
Forbes, Edith Emerson · Boston : Houghton · leaf 238
ir sate down in the chair of theGreat, Huge Bear, and that was too hard for her. Andthen she sate down in the chair of the Middle Bear, andthat was too soft for her. And then she sate down in thechair of the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and that was neithertoo hard nor too soft, but just right. So she… … ber where the three Bears slept. And first she lay downupon the bed of the Great, Huge Bear; but that was toohigh at the head for her. And next she lay down uponthe bed of the Middle Bear; and that was too high at thefoot for her. And then she lay down upon the bed of theLittle, Small, Wee Bear;…
Nursery rhymes
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