EBOOK THE ABSURD ABC ***
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.WALTER.CRANE'S.
.PICTURE.BOOKS.
.THE.
.ABSURD.
A.B.C
.JOHN.LANE.
.THE.BODLEY.HEAD.
.LONDON.&.NEW.
.YORK.
The absurd ABC originally published 1874.
[Illustration: ABCD]
A for the APPLE
or Alphabet pie,
Which all get a slice of.
Come taste it & try.
B is the BABY
who gave Mr Bunting
Full many a long day's
rabbit skin hunting.
C for the CAT
that played on the fiddle,
When cows jumped higher than
'Heigh Diddle Diddle!'
D for the DAME
with her pig at the stile,
'Tis said they got over,
but not yet a while.
[Illustration: EFG]
E for the Englishman,
ready to make fast
The giant who wanted to
have him for breakfast.
F for the Frog in the story
you know,
Begun with a wooing but
ending in woe.
G for Goosey Gander
who wandered upstairs,
And met the old man
who objected to prayers.
[Illustration: HIJ]
H for poor Humpty who
after his fall,
Felt obliged to resign his
seat on the wall.
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