Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty together again.
(An egg)

* * * * *

I have a little sister, she's called Peep-peep;
She wades the waters deep, deep, deep;
She climbs the mountains high, high, high,--
Poor little thing, she has but one eye.
(A star)

* * * * *

There was a man who had no eyes,
He went abroad to view the skies;
He saw a tree with apples on it,
He took no apples off, yet left no apples on it.

(The man had _one_ eye, and the tree had _two_ apples on it.)

* * * * *

(The following catch depends upon the second child repeating the exact
words of the first, except that he changes "lock" to "key.")

1. I am a gold lock.
2. I am a gold key.
1. I am a silver lock,