I was reading "Mother Goose" nursery rhymes to Emma and I ran across a couple that seemed... "off".
"Lady-bird, Lady-bird,
Fly away home,
Your house is on fire,
Your children will burn."
Hmmm, sounds like a bedtime story to me!
Here's another favorite of impressionable children everywhere:
"Snail, Snail,
Come out of your hole,
Or else I'll beat you black as a coal,
Snail, Snail,
Put out your head,
Or else I'll beat you till you're dead."
Yep! Those are rhymes I hope Emma memorizes right away and NEVER forgets!
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Those are odd... they'll make good additions to a baby shower in the future in the game where you pick one random line from a rhyme and see if people can figure it out. Mother Goose might not have been so nurturing after all...
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