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1、MotherGooseinProseL.FrankBaumContentsIntroductionSingaSongo'SixpenceTheStoryofLittleBoyBlueCatandtheFiddleTheBlackSheepOldKingColeMistressMaryTheWond'rousWiseManWhatJackHornerDidTheManintheMoonTheJollyMillerTheLittleManandHisLittleGunHickoryDickoryDockLittleBo-PeepTheStoryofTommyTuckerPussy-catMe
2、wHowtheBeggarsCametoTownTom,thePiper'sSonHumptyDumptyTheWomanWhoLivedinaShoeLittleMissMuffetThreeWiseMenofGothamLittleBunRabbitIllustrations"Therewasalittlemanandhehadalittlegun"--FrontispieceLittleBoyBlueTheBlackSheetOldKingColeTheWond'rousWiseManJackHornerTheManintheMoonLittleBo-PeepTommyTucker
3、Tom,thePiper'sSonwww.HomeEnglish.ruHumptyDumptyThreeWiseMenofGothamIntroduction.Noneofus,whetherchildrenoradults,needsanintroductiontoMotherGoose.ThosethingswhichareearliestimpresseduponourmindsclingtothemmosttenaciouslyThesnatchessunginthenurseryareneverforgotten,noraretheyeverrecalledwithoutbri
4、ngingbackwiththemmyriadsofslumberingfeelingsandhalf-forgottenimages.Wehearthesweet,lowvoiceofthemother,singingsoftlullabiestoherdarling,andseethekindly,wrinkledfaceofthegrandmotherasshecroonstheolddittiestoquietourrestlessspirits.Onegenerationislinkedtoanotherbytheeverlastingspiritofsong;theballa
5、dsofthenurseryfollowusfromchildhoodtooldage,andtheyarereadilybroughtfrommemory'srecessesatanytimetoamuseourchildrenorourgrandchildren.Thecollectionofjinglesweknowandloveasthe"MelodiesofMotherGoose"areevidentlydrawnfromavarietyofsources.Whiletheyare,takenaltogether,ahappyunionofrhyme,wit,pathos,sa
6、tireandsentiment,theresearchaftertheauthorofeachindividualversewouldindeedbehopeless.Itwouldbefollytosupposethemallthecompositionofuneducatedoldnurses,formanyofthemcontainmuchreflection,witandmelody.ItissaidthatShelleywrote"Pussy-CatMew,"andDeanSwift"LittleBo-Peep,"andtheseassertionsareasdifficul
7、ttodisproveastoprove.Someoftheolderverses,however,aredoubtlessoffshootsfromancientFolkLoreSongs,andhavedescendedtousthroughmanycenturies.TheconnectionofMotherGoosewiththerhymeswhichbearhernameisdifficulttodetermine,and
