THE TABLE AND THE CHAIR

Written by Edward Lear

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,

Said the Chair unto the Table
"Now, you know we are not able:
Now foolishly you talk,
When you know we cannot walk!"
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?"

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
Have come out to take the air!"

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.

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 lettle
Browny-Mousy and the Beetle
Dined, and danced upon their heads
Till they toddled to their beds.

Nonsenses - i

~Edward Lear

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared!-
Two owls and a hen,
Four larks and a wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"

Nonsenses - ii

~Edward Lear

There was an Old Lady of Chertsey,
Who made a remarkable curtsey;
She twirled round and round,
Till she sank underground,
Which distressed all the people of Chertsey