Mother Goose Challenge

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Week 5　Mother Goose Challenge（マザーグースに挑戦）

Day 1　早口言葉　10月25日
Peter Piper
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper;
A peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper,
Where's the peck of pickled pepper Peter Piper picked?

Betty Botter bought some butter
Betty Botter bought some butter,
but, she said, this butter's bitter;
if I put it in my batter
it will make my batter bitter,
but a bit of better butter
will make my batter better.

So she bought a bit of butter
better than her bitter butter,
and she put it in her batter
and the batter was not bitter.
So it was better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.

Day 2　ライム（韻）　10月26日
Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog
Old Mother Hubbard
Went to the cupboard
To get her poor Dog a bone;
But when she came there
The cupboard was bare,
And so the poor dog had none.

She went to the baker's,
To buy him some bread,
But when she came back
The poor Dog was dead.

She went to the joiner's,
To buy him a coffin,
But when she came back
The poor Dog was laughing.

She took a clean dish,
To get him some tripe,
But when she came back
He was smoking his pipe.

She went to the ale-house
To get him some beer,
But when she came back
The Dog sat in a chair.


She went to the tavern,
For white wine and red,
And when she came back
He stood on his head.

She went to the hatter's
To buy him a hat,
But when she came back
He was feeding the Cat.

She went to the barber's
To buy him a wig,
But when she came back
He was dancing a jig.

She went to the fruiterer's
To buy him some fruit,
But when she came back
He was playing a flute.

She went to the tailor's,
To buy him a coat,
But when she came back
He was riding a Goat.

She went to the cobbler's,
To buy him some shoes,
But when she came back
He was reading the news.

She went to the sempstress,
To buy him some linen,
But when she came back
The dog was spinning.

She went to the hosier's,
To buy him some hose,
But when she came back
He was dress'd in his clothes.

The Dame made a curtsey,
The Dog made a bow;
The Dame said "Your servant,"
The Dog said "Bow-wow!"

Day 3　７つのなぞなぞ　10月27日
As I was going to St. Ives,
I met a man with seven wives;
Every wife had seven sacks,
Every sack had seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits;
Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,
How many were there going to St. Ives?
(One.)

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall:
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again.
(An egg.)

Little Nanny Etticoat,
In a white petticoat,
And a red nose;
The longer she stands,
The shorter she grows.
(A candle.)

In marble walls as white as milk,
Lined with a skin as soft as silk,
Within a fountain crystal clear,
A golden apple doth appear;
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in and steal the gold.
(An egg.)

Thirty white horses upon a red hill,
Now they tramp, now they champ, now they stand still.
(Your teeth.)

Make three fourths of a cross,
And a circle complete;
And let two semicircles
On a perpendicular meet;
Next add a triangle
That stands on two feet;
Next two semicircles,
And a circle complete.
(Tobacco.)

Thomas a Tattamus took two T's,
To tie two tups to two tall trees,
To frighten the terrible Thomas a Tattamus!
Tell me how many T's there are in all THAT!
(2)

10月28日
The Searchers........Ain\'t That Just Like Me (live)