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10
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
15
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
18
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
22
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
26
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
31
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
34
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
38
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
40
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
43
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
9
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
asleep
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
AWAY
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
black-and-white
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
blow
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From this reading =Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
BLUE
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
BO-PEEP
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
BOY
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
CAMBRIDGE
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From this reading THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
Cannot
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
CHILDREN
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
colour
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
CONTRARY
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
corn
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From this reading =Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
cow's
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From this reading =Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
CROSS
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
day
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
Dumpty
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
EATER
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
Facing
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
fall
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
fast
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
Frontispiece
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
GO
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
GOOSE
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
haycock
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
He's
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
horn
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From this reading =Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
HORNER
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
Humpty
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
JACK
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
JILL
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
LADYBUG
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
LIKE
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
LITTLEnounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
MARY
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
meadow
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From this reading =Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
men
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
MISS
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
more
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
MOTHER
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
MUFFET
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
page
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
PATCH
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
PETER
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
place
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
play
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
PRESS
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PUMPKIN
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
PUSSY
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
QUITEnounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
RAIN
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
S
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From this reading THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
sat
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
sheep
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From this reading Where's the little boy that tends the sheep?
sheep's
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From this reading =Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
Susy
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
tends
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From this reading Where's the little boy that tends the sheep?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Where's the little boy that tends the sheep?
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
Threescore
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
U
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From this reading THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
UNIVERSITY
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From this reading THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, U.S.A.
wall
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From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
wants
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From this reading _In colour_ MOTHER GOOSE AND THE CHILDREN _Frontispiece_ LITTLE BOY BLUE _Facing page_ 10 MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY " 18 LITTLE MISS MUFFET " 26 JACK AND JILL " 34 LITTLE JACK HORNER " 40 _In black-and-white_ RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY _Page_ 9 I LIKE LITTLE PUSSY " 15 LITTLE BO-PEEP " 22 CROSS PATCH " 31 PETER, PETER, PUMPKIN EATER " 38 LADYBUG, LADYBUG " 43 Rain, rain, go away; Come again another day; Little Susy wants to play.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He's under the haycock fast asleep.= Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, Threescore men and threescore more Cannot place Humpty Dumpty as he was before.
Where's
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From this reading Where's the little boy that tends the sheep?
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading =Little Boy Blue, go blow your horn, The sheep's in the meadow, the cow's in the corn.
