StoryTitle("caps", "Who Stole the Bird's Nest") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(77, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Tu-whit! Tu-whit! Tu-whee!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Will you listen to me?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Who stole four eggs I laid, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the nice nest I made?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Not I,\" said the cow, \"Moo-oo! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Such a thing I'd never do,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I gave you a wisp of hay,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But didn't take your nest away. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Not I,\" said the cow, \"Moo-oo! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Such a thing I'd never do.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Tu-whit! Tu-whit! Tu-whee! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Will you listen to me?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Who stole four eggs I laid, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the nice nest I made?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Not I,\" said the dog, \"Bow-wow!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I'm not so mean anyhow!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I gave hairs the nest to make, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But the nest I did not take. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Not I,\" said the dog, \"Bow-wow! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I'm not so mean, I vow.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Tu-whit! Tu-whit! Tu-whee! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Will you listen to me?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Who stole four eggs I laid, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the nice nest I made?\"", "") ?>
PagePoem(78, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Coo-coo! Coo-coo! Coo-coo! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Let me speak a few words too! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Who stole that pretty nest ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "From poor little yellowbreast?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Not I,\" said the sheep, \"Oh, no! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I wouldn't treat a poor bird so.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I gave wool the nest to line, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But the nest was none of mine. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Baa! Baa!\" said the sheep, \"Oh, no! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I wouldn't treat a poor bird so.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Tu-whit! Tu-whit! Tu-whee! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Will you listen to me?", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Who stole four eggs I laid, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the nice nest I made?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Coo-coo! Coo-coo! Coo-coo! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Let me speak a few words too! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Who stole that pretty nest ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "From poor little yellowbreast?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Caw! Caw!\" cried the crow; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I too should like to know ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "What thief took away", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A bird's nest to-day?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Cluck! Cluck!\" said the hen; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Don't ask me again.", "") ?>
PagePoem(79, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Why, I haven't a chick ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Would do such a trick. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "We all gave her a feather, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And she wove them together. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I'd scorn to intrude", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "On her and her brood. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Cluck! Cluck!\" said the hen;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Don't ask me again.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Chirr-a-whirr! Chirr-a-whirr! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "All the birds make a stir!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Let us find out his name, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And all cry, 'For shame!' \"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I would not rob a bird,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Said little Mary Green; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I think I never heard ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Of anything so mean.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"It is very cruel, too,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Said little Alice Neal;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I wonder if he knew", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "How sad the birds would feel?\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A little boy hung down his head, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And went and hid behind the bed; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For he stole that pretty nest ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "From poor little yellowbreast; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And he felt so full of shame,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He didn't like to tell his name.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>