It is a dog’s life

It is a dog’s life they say I wish it were If I lived my dog’s day I would purr Walks, a swim, bones in droves…

Mary had a little lamb

Mary had a little lamb It followed her everywhere And everywhere That Mary went She also had a lamb Steve Golton/England

There was an old owl who sat in an oak The more he heard the less he spoke The less he spoke the more he heard…

Mary had a little lamb its fleece was black as soot.. everywhere Mary went, its sooty foot it put. Charmaine Nienaber/South Africa

My pet is like a person She communicates with me You laugh and say she is just a dog But come meet her you will soon…

Mary had a talking lamb, It said “I think therefore I am. I’m glad I can’t become a ham Or minced and pressed in a tin…

Mary had a little lamb It grew and grew and grew It ate all Mary’s bread and jam And then ate Mary, too. Ed Rybicki/South Africa

I had a little scorpion who went to bed with me. A kindly little fellow as most small scorpions be. But then he grew so ‘normous…

Mary had a little lamb His fleece was black as soot and into Mary’s bread and jam His sooty foot he put. Lyndon David Thomas/Wales

I have two little kittens They’re called Muff and mittens, They lie by the stove, And prefer not to rove. Anon/England