Classic Poem

Said the Table to the Chair,
" You can hardly be aware
How I suffer from the heat
And from chilblains on my feet.
If we took a little walk,
We might have a little talk;
Pray let us take the air, "
Said the Table to the Chair.

Said the Chair to the Table,
" Now, you know we are not able:
How foolishly you talk,
When you know we cannot walk! "
Said the Table with a sigh,
" It can do no harm to try.
I've as many legs as you:
Why can't we walk on two? "

So they both went slowly down,
And walked about the town
With a cheerful bumpy sound
As they toddled round and round;
And everybody cried,
As they hastened to their side,
" See! the Table and the Chair
Have come out to take the air! "

But in going down an alley,
To a castle in a valley,
They completely lost their way,
And wandered all the day;
Till, to see them safely back,
They paid a Ducky-quack,
And a Beetle, and a Mouse,
Who took them to their house.

Then they whispered to each other,
" O delightful little brother,
What a lovely walk we've taken!
Let us dine on beans and bacon. "
So the Ducky and the little
Browny-Mousy and the Beetle
Dined, and danced upon their heads
Till they toddled to their beds.