Stokes' wonder-book-of Mother Goose / with twelve illustrations in color and 138 in black-and-white by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis (1919)
Choate, Florence, Curtis, Elizabeth · New York : Frederick A. Stokes Co. · leaf 235
arn a-threshing of corn;The maids in the meadows are making of hay,The ducks in the river are swimming away. [193] STOKES WONDER BOOK OF MOTHER GOOSE T Three wise Men of Gotham. TREE wise men of GothamWent to sea in a bowl.If the bowl had been stronger,My song had been longer. W Why is Pussy in… … Who makes her gruel? I, says the horse, For I am her nurse,And I make her gruel. Pray, who is her doctor? Quack, quack! says the duck,I that task undertook, And I am her doctor. Who thinks shell recover? I, says the deer, For I did last year:So I think shell recover. [i94]
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