THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR.
I.Said the Table to the Chair,“You can hardly be aware,How I suffer from the heat,And from chilblains on my feet.If we took a little walk,We might have a little talk;Pray let us take the air,”Said the Table to the Chair.II.Said the Chair unto the Table,“Now youknowwe are not able:How foolishly you talk,When you know wecannotwalk!”Said the Table with a sigh,“It can do no harm to try.I’ve as many legs as you:Why can’t we walk on two?”III.So they both went slowly down,And walked about the town,With a cheerful bumpy sound,As they toddled round and round;And everybody cried,As they hastened to their side,“See! the Table and the Chair!”IV.But in going down an alley,To a castle in a valley,They completely lost their way,And wandered all the day;Till, to see them safely back,They paid a Ducky-quack,And a Beetle, and a Mouse,Who took them to their house.V.Then they whispered to each other,“O, delightful little brother,What a lovely walk we’ve taken!Let us dine on beans and bacon.”So the Ducky and the leetleBrowny-Mousy and the BeetleDined, and danced upon their headsTill they toddled to their beds.
I.Said the Table to the Chair,“You can hardly be aware,How I suffer from the heat,And from chilblains on my feet.If we took a little walk,We might have a little talk;Pray let us take the air,”Said the Table to the Chair.II.Said the Chair unto the Table,“Now youknowwe are not able:How foolishly you talk,When you know wecannotwalk!”Said the Table with a sigh,“It can do no harm to try.I’ve as many legs as you:Why can’t we walk on two?”III.So they both went slowly down,And walked about the town,With a cheerful bumpy sound,As they toddled round and round;And everybody cried,As they hastened to their side,“See! the Table and the Chair!”IV.But in going down an alley,To a castle in a valley,They completely lost their way,And wandered all the day;Till, to see them safely back,They paid a Ducky-quack,And a Beetle, and a Mouse,Who took them to their house.V.Then they whispered to each other,“O, delightful little brother,What a lovely walk we’ve taken!Let us dine on beans and bacon.”So the Ducky and the leetleBrowny-Mousy and the BeetleDined, and danced upon their headsTill they toddled to their beds.
I.Said the Table to the Chair,“You can hardly be aware,How I suffer from the heat,And from chilblains on my feet.If we took a little walk,We might have a little talk;Pray let us take the air,”Said the Table to the Chair.
I.
Said the Table to the Chair,
“You can hardly be aware,
How I suffer from the heat,
And from chilblains on my feet.
If we took a little walk,
We might have a little talk;
Pray let us take the air,”
Said the Table to the Chair.
II.Said the Chair unto the Table,“Now youknowwe are not able:How foolishly you talk,When you know wecannotwalk!”Said the Table with a sigh,“It can do no harm to try.I’ve as many legs as you:Why can’t we walk on two?”
II.
Said the Chair unto the Table,
“Now youknowwe are not able:
How foolishly you talk,
When you know wecannotwalk!”
Said the Table with a sigh,
“It can do no harm to try.
I’ve as many legs as you:
Why can’t we walk on two?”
III.So they both went slowly down,And walked about the town,With a cheerful bumpy sound,As they toddled round and round;And everybody cried,As they hastened to their side,“See! the Table and the Chair!”
III.
So they both went slowly down,
And walked about the town,
With a cheerful bumpy sound,
As they toddled round and round;
And everybody cried,
As they hastened to their side,
“See! the Table and the Chair!”
IV.But in going down an alley,To a castle in a valley,They completely lost their way,And wandered all the day;Till, to see them safely back,They paid a Ducky-quack,And a Beetle, and a Mouse,Who took them to their house.
IV.
But in going down an alley,
To a castle in a valley,
They completely lost their way,
And wandered all the day;
Till, to see them safely back,
They paid a Ducky-quack,
And a Beetle, and a Mouse,
Who took them to their house.
V.Then they whispered to each other,“O, delightful little brother,What a lovely walk we’ve taken!Let us dine on beans and bacon.”So the Ducky and the leetleBrowny-Mousy and the BeetleDined, and danced upon their headsTill they toddled to their beds.
V.
Then they whispered to each other,
“O, delightful little brother,
What a lovely walk we’ve taken!
Let us dine on beans and bacon.”
So the Ducky and the leetle
Browny-Mousy and the Beetle
Dined, and danced upon their heads
Till they toddled to their beds.
—Edward Lear.