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The shoemaker and his wife again hid behind the curtain.
Just as before, when the clock struck twelve, in jumped the tiny elves.
They went skipping and dancing, skipping and dancing, to their work.
They saw the little coats, the tiny stockings, and the neat little
shoes.
They clapped their hands for joy.
Then, slipping on their clothes, they skipped, hand in hand, out of the
window.
The shoemaker and his wife never saw the little elves again, but after
that night, good luck seemed always to be with them.
_English Folk Tale_
THE SHIP
laden move
I saw a ship a-sailing,
A-sailing on the sea;
And, oh, it was all laden
With pretty things for thee!
There were comfits in the cabin,
And apples in the hold;
The sails were made of silk,
And the masts were made of gold.
The four and twenty sailors
That stood between the decks
Were four and twenty white mice,
With chains about their necks.
The captain was a duck,
With a jacket on his back;
And when the ship began to move,
The captain said, "Quack! quack!"
_Old English Rhyme_
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THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN YOUNG KIDS--I
quietly rough piece scissors
learned thought chalk youngest
There was once an old goat who had seven little kids.
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