o home, as quick as you can go! Sweet little boy, good-bye.Poor George looked down, and lo, his dress Was blacker than before;All over soot, and mud, and dirt. He reached his fathers door. He sobbed, and wept, and looked ashamed, His fault he did not hide;And, since so sorry for his fault. Mamma… … THE BOY8 AXD THE APPLE-TEEE As Billy and Tommy were walking one day, They came to a fine orchard side;They d rather eat apples than spell, read, or play. And Tommy to Billy then cried: — Oh, brother, look! see what clusters hang there!I 11 jump and climb over the wall;I will have an apple; I will…
Nursery rhymes
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