Why the Dish Ran Away With the Spoon

Wee Willie Winkie met up with Tom Sprat
To try to find the crooked cat
They employed the help of three blind mice
But then decided that wasn’t nice
So they left the mice with Ol’ King Cole
Who ate curds and whey out of a bowl
That he took from Miss Muffet when she ran away
From the little spider that ruined her day
They went down Drury Lane where they saw the Red Hen
Being questioned by all the Kings Men
About bells and cockles in neat little rows
And who might have taken the emperors clothes
She quickly blamed the Duke of York
Who supposedly took the knife and fork
Just before the cow jumped over the moon
Which is why the dish ran away with the spoon.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2017

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Marcum Wong Avatar
August 7, 2017 at 12:36 PM
I don't know what this won for, but it is oh so clever! Congratulations! You must be working with children or have your own? : )
Rodrigues Avatar
August 3, 2017 at 6:58 PM
So cute! Congrats!
Lane Avatar
August 3, 2017 at 5:51 PM
What a gathering of characters you've amassed in delightful rhyme. Nice placement, Kitty.
Lou Avatar
August 3, 2017 at 6:15 PM
Thank you!
Ashley Avatar
August 3, 2017 at 5:40 PM
Hi Kitty, I agree with Agnes and Dale; fun and clever and so well done. Congrats :)
Lou Avatar
August 3, 2017 at 6:16 PM
Thank you!
Krampe Avatar
August 3, 2017 at 3:28 PM
Fun and clever! I did not grow up in an English speaking country, and these nursery rhymes were not part of my childhood - but when my own kids were little, I had a CD with all the rhymes and songs, and that's how I know what all those characters are you're talking about :) Congrats on yoru placement.
Lou Avatar
August 3, 2017 at 6:16 PM
Thank you!
Cozart Avatar
August 3, 2017 at 12:40 PM
This is so clever! Congrats on your placement.
Lou Avatar
August 3, 2017 at 2:15 PM
Thank you!
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