Before The Tales

Before Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall 
And before Humpty Dumpty had a great fall 
From all the king's horses 
All the king's men 
Had to pick up all the manure once again 

Before Little Jack Horner, sat in his corner 
Eating his Christmas pie 
And before he stuck in his thumb 
to pull out a plumb 
Jack's thing had got caught in his fly 

Before Little Miss Muffett sat on her tuffet, 
eating her curds and whey 
She captured the spider that sat down beside her 
When she pooped behind a bail of old hay 

Before Jack and Jill, ran up the hill 
To fetch a pail of water 
Jack wrote out his will 
"Cause Jill said- "I will" 
And she told him she was the king's daughter
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Gentile Avatar
July 26, 2024 at 4:38 AM
OMG, Charlie, keep'em coming! You need to make this an ongoing, regular column so to speak! i hope you've been well!! Happy Friday!
Kitchin Avatar
July 23, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Charlie, a fun set of tales, good to see you back on PS.
Buhagiar Avatar
July 21, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Great satire on these nursery rhymes. Well done.
One Avatar
July 18, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Ha!! We have missed you! Great sense of humour.. I hope you are well..
Goldsmith Avatar
July 18, 2024 at 10:10 AM
I enjoyed reading your fun "Before The Tales" write. What a creative way to take 4 & make it into 1.  "Good Luck"  We both did this one. Have a fun/blessed day writing away.................
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