"Where are you now?" called out the doctor.
"I 'm in the elderberry bush, and I 've scratched my eyes in again!"
answered Solomon.
When the people heard this they marvelled greatly at the wisdom of a
man who knew how to scratch his eyes in after they were scratched out;
and they lifted Solomon from the bush and carried him home, where they
bound up the scratches and nursed him carefully until he was well
again.
And after that no one ever questioned the wond'rous wisdom of our wise
man, and when he finally died, at a good old age, they built a great
monument over his grave, and on one side of it were the words,
"Solomon; the Man who was Wond'rous Wise."
and on the other side was a picture of a bramble-bush.
What Jack Horner Did
What Jack Horner Did
Little Jack Horner sat in a corner,
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum
And said, "What a good boy am I!"
Little Jack Horner lived in an old, tumble-down house at the edge of a
big wood; and there many generations of Horners had lived before him,
and had earned their living by chopping wood. Jack's father and mother
were both dead, and he lived with his grandfather and grandmother, who
took great pains to teach him all that a boy should know.
They lived very comfortably and happily together until one day a great
tree fell upon Grandpa Horner and crushed his legs; and from that time
on he could not work at all, but had to be nursed and tended very
carefully.
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