Harold Hare was naughty For he damaged farmers’ crops He found a field of sugar beet And ate off all the tops. He went into a lettuce patch And nibbled at the leaves, And when it came to harvest time He burrowed in the sheaves. One night he found some cabbage And thought he’d have some fun, He didn’t know …

Tom Augustus Twiddle-me-Whiskers jumped upon the tiles, From chimney-pot to aerial he padded the slaty miles. The stars moved on above him and the gardens dreamt below- Tom Augustus Twiddle-me-Whiskers hunted for his foe. Tom Augustus Twiddle-me-Whiskers’ tail stood up on end, He curved his back like a crescent moon, his honour to defend. He called his foe by the …

Maggie was a magpie, A very pretty bird. To say that Maggie was a thief You’d think would be absurd. But just like all her family She liked to look around For pretty little objects That were waiting to be found. If you looked into her nest You’d see all sorts of things, Brooches, mirrors, shiny stones- Perhaps some fancy …

The Pobble who has no toes Had once as many as we; When they said, “Some day you may lose them all;” He replied, “Fish fiddle de-dee!” And his Aunt Jobiska made him drink, Lavender water tinged with pink, For she said, “The World in general knows There’s nothing so good for a Pobble’s toes!” The Pobble who has no …

It was really such a pity That the storks all laughed at Sue, For while they stood on one leg, She Stork had to stand on two. She found it hard to balance With one foot off the ground, And all of her relations Used to come and gather round. They did their best to help her, But it wasn’t …

The leopard covered himself with straw, The tiger gave a yawn. And in the peace of the afternoon, The lion cub was born. He opened his big blue eyes so wide, That lion cub so small, And only his parents really knew That he was there at all. He tried to sit up and look around- He even tried to …

If you count a leopard’s spots You’ll find that he has lots and lots. Only other leopards know Just how many spots they grow. Lenny was a leopard small Who one day heard his mother call: “Lenny is ill! What has he got? He’s lost his biggest, blackest spot.” Poor Lenny hunted high and low, Just where it was he …

In India the oxen Are kept to do some work, But Oscar Ox was lazy And he tried his best to shirk. When harnessed to a plough He walked as slowly as he could And didn’t do one third as much As other oxen would. His Master thought him useless And one day he said aloud: “I’ll take this ox …

Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee, Gave thee life, and bade thee feed By the stream and o’er the mead; Gave thee clothing of delight, Softest clothing, woolly, bright; Gave thee such a tender voice, Making all the vales rejoice? Little lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee? Little lamb, I’ll tell …

I cannot say where he came from Possibly, from beyond the tall Mountains, from Tibet, past crevasses And glacial scress, like a high Stinging wind. The bells on his Pack-mule tinkled. He shuffled along Peddling borax, salt and gold, A lion-maned, eagle-eyed lama. He travelled down the gorges, From the Jadh Ganga to Harsil. The beauty of Bhaioghati Poisoned his …