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NCE upon a time, there lived a little old
woman in a little old house in the woods.
Now this little old woman lived all alone.
She had her fireplace, and her teakettle,
and her distaff, and her wheel. But she
was a lonely little old woman,
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Still she sat, and Still she spun, and Still she wished for company. |
One day as she sat in the chimney corner
spinning, she saw her door open a little
way, and in
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A pair of broad, broad soles, And sat them down by the fireside. |
"Now what may this mean?" thought
the little old woman,
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Still she sat, and Still she spun, and Still she wished for company. |
Then the door opened again, and in
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A pair of small, small legs, And sat them down on the broad, broad soles. |
"Now this is very queer," thought the
little old woman,
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Still she sat, and Still she spun, and Still she wished for company. |
Then in through the door
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A wee, wee waist, And sat itself on the small, small legs. |
"Now this is very queer," thought the
little old woman,
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Still she sat, and Still she spun, and Still she wished for company. |
Then in
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A pair of broad, broad shoulders, And sat them down on the wee, wee waist. |
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Still she sat, and Still she spun, and Still she wished for company. |
Then in through the door
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A pair of long, long arms, And sat them down on the broad, broad shoulders. |
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Still she sat, and Still she spun, and Still she wished for company. |
Then in
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A pair of fat, fat hands, And sat them down on the long, long arms. |
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Still she sat, and Still she spun, and Still she wished for company. |
Then in came, last of
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A round, round head, And sat itself on top of all, That sat by the fireside. |
The little old woman stopped her spinning, and she
"Where did you get such broad, broad soles?"
"By much tramping, much tramping," said Somebody.
Then said the little old
"Where did you get such small, small legs?"
"Much running, much running," said Somebody.
"Where did you get such a wee, wee waist?" asked the little old woman.
"Nobody knows, nobody knows," said Somebody.
"Where did you get such broad, broad shoulders?" said the little old woman.
"With carrying brooms," said Somebody.
"Where did you get such long, long arms?" then asked the little old woman.
"Swinging the scythe, swinging the scythe," said Somebody.
"Where did you get such fat, fat hands?" said the little old woman.
"With threshing, with threshing," said Somebody.
"How did you get such a huge, huge head?" asked the little old woman.
"Of a pumpkin I made it," said Somebody.
Then said the little old
"What did you come for?"
"TO KEEP YOU COMPANY," said Somebody, as he danced about the kitchen.
So the little old woman was not lonely any more.