[Illustration]

    The Lively Learned Lobster,
    who mended his own Clothes with
    a Needle and Thread.

[Illustration]

    The Melodious Meritorious Mouse,
    who played a merry minuet on the
    Piano-forte.

[Illustration]

    The Nutritious Newt,
    who purchased a Round Plum-pudding
    for his grand-daughter.

[Illustration]

    The Obsequious Ornamental Ostrich,
    who wore Boots to keep his
    feet quite dry.

    [Illustration:  Parsnip Pie]

    The Perpendicular Purple Polly,
    who read the Newspaper and ate Parsnip Pie
    with his Spectacles.

[Illustration]

    The Queer Querulous Quail,
    who smoked a Pipe of tobacco on the top of
    a Tin Tea-kettle.

[Illustration]

    The Rural Runcible Raven,
    who wore a White Wig and flew away
    with the Carpet Broom.

[Illustration]

    The Scroobious Snake,
    who always wore a Hat on his Head, for
    fear he should bite anybody.

[Illustration]

    The Tumultuous Tom-tommy Tortoise,
    who beat a Drum all day long in the
    middle of the wilderness.

[Illustration]

    The Umbrageous Umbrella-maker,
    whose Face nobody ever saw, because it was
    always covered by his Umbrella.

[Illustration]

    The Visibly Vicious Vulture,
    who wrote some Verses to a Veal-cutlet in a
    Volume bound in Vellum.

[Illustration]

    The Worrying Whizzing Wasp,
    who stood on a Table, and played sweetly on a
    Flute with a Morning Cap.

[Illustration]

    The Excellent Double-extra XX
    imbibing King Xerxes, who lived a
    long while ago.

[Illustration]

    The Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo,
    whose Head was ever so much bigger than his
    Body, and whose Hat was rather small.

[Illustration]

    The Zigzag Zealous Zebra,
    who carried five Monkeys on his back all
    the way to Jellibolee.

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