



Produced by Al Haines








[Frontispiece: Jack and Jill in the Witch's House.]






MORE TALES

IN THE LAND OF

NURSERY RHYME


BY

ADA M. MARZIALS



AUTHOR OF

"IN THE LAND OF NURSERY RHYME"



WITH FRONTISPIECE




LONDON: H. R. ALLENSON, LIMITED

RACQUET COURT, FLEET STREET, E.C.

1913




TO

MY LITTLE COUSINS

KATHLEEN AND DOROTHY




CONTENTS


  THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW
  MARY, MARY, QUITE CONTRARY
  JACK AND JILL
  LITTLE MISS MUFFET
  PUSSY CAT, PUSSY CAT
  HEY, DIDDLE, DIDDLE!




THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW

"_Different people have different opinions_"

  The North Wind doth blow,
  And we shall have snow,
  And what will the robin do then?  Poor thing!
  He will sit in a barn,
  And to keep himself warm
  He will hide his head under his wing.  Poor thing!


Oh, how cold it was!

The North Wind howled round the barn, whirling the snowflakes into a
little heap inside the half-open door.  Even beyond the little heap of
snow, right inside the barn among the whisps of hay and straw, and beyond
the pile of turnips piled up in one far corner, it was still bitterly
cold and draughty.

The few birds left had found their way into the old barn for shelter, and
were close together on a low bar of wood at the far end, where they sat
ruffling their feathers and shivering.

From time to time one of them would peer out at the