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MOTHER GOOSE IN PROSE


[Illustration: "There was a little man and he had a little gun"]

[Illustration]


MOTHER GOOSE IN PROSE

by

L. FRANK BAUM

Illustrated by Maxfield Parrish







New York
MCMI




Contents


    Introduction                             9
    Sing a Song o' Sixpence                 19
    The Story of Little Boy Blue            31
    The Cat and the Fiddle                  45
    The Black Sheep                         55
    Old King Cole                           65
    Mistress Mary                           75