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Mother Goose
was created especially for
Leonor Duarte Morais
at the age of
6
With Love From Mommy & Daddy
April 4, 2002
The rain
fell against the house on Rua das
Acácias, 21.
"We can't play outside; it's just too wet," sighed
Leonor.
"It's too
wet and gray for Gui, Glória, and João to come over."
A rhyme came to mind.
This gave Leonor
an idea for a new game.
Rain, rain go away,
come again some other day.
For
Leonor, Gui, Glória,
and João,
it's just too wet to play today.
"This is
fun!" Leonor
said. She
quickly tried another rhyme.
Hey, diddle, diddle!
Leonor
played the fiddle;
Gui,
jumped over the moon.
Leonor
laughed to see such a sport, and Glória
ran away with the spoon.
"That was
pretty good," Leonor
said. "Here's another one..."
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's
man.
Bake
Leonor a cake and
a gingerbread man.
Put it in the oven, so fluffy and
light,
Then serve it to
Leonor, Gui, Glória, and João
tonight.
Leonor
laughed out loud when she
thought of this one...
Leonor
saw an old woman
who lived in a shoe.
She had so many children,
she didn't know what to do.
She gave
Leonor some broth
and some cinnamon bread,
and kissed her and hugged her,
and put her to bed.
Leonor
wondered what she
could do with "Jack be nimble."
Leonor
be nimble, Leonor
be quick,
Leonor
jumped over the candlestick.
Leonor
jumped so high
she
touched the sky...
and didn't get back
'til the Fourth of July.
Leonor
remembered she
had heard this one in school
one day...
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep
and doesn't know where to find
them.
"Leave them alone,"
Leonor said on the phone,
"And I'll travel close behind
them."
Jack
and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after.
Up Jack got and off did trot, careful not to stray.
But there sat Jill so sad and
still, so then
Leonor said,
"Let's play!"
What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and everything
nice.
That's what little girls are made
of.
Leonor
giggled when she thought of this one.
What
are little boys made of?
Snakes and snails and
puppy dog tails.
That's what little boys are made
of.
Leonor
really giggled when she thought of this one.
Thirty days have September, April,
June and November.
All the rest have thirty-one,
excepting February alone;
Leonor
sees twenty-eight days there,
and
Leonor sees
twenty-nine
each leap year.
"This is getting too easy," said
Leonor. "I'll try a harder one."
Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet
eating her curds and whey.
Before a big spider could sit down
beside her,
Leonor stood bold
with a big stick to hold,
and frightened the spider away.
It only took
a moment for Leonor
to come up with a new rhyme.
Humpty-Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty-Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the
king's
men couldn't put Humpty together
again.
Then along came
Leonor with
her tape and her glue
and put back the pieces as good as
new.
Hickory, dickory dock,
the mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one,
the mouse ran down,
and followed
Leonor into town.
Hickory, dickory dock.
Leonor
had trouble with the next rhyme. "Try adding your name to this one,"Leonor
said.
Peter
Piper picked a peck
of pickled peppers.
A peck of pickled peppers
Peter Piper picked.
If Peter Piper picked a peck of
pickled
peppers, where's the peck of
pickled
peppers Peter Piper picked?
Oh, well...Leonor
doesn't like to eat
pickled peppers anyway.
Leonor
thought of this clever rhyme for "Three men in a tub."
Rub-a-dub dub,
three men in a tub.
Who do you think they could be?
The barber, the baker, the
candlestick
maker, all floating in the sea.
Glória
couldn't believe all the fish they retrieved,
until
Leonor pulled out
three.
Twinkle, twinkle little star,
how
Leonor wonders
where you are.
Up above
Leonor's world so
high,
like a diamond in the sky.
Your bright and shining little
spark
makes
Leonor happy as a
lark.
Glowing brightly near and far,
Twinkle, twinkle little star
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