Mother's Nursery Tales
Copyright© 2024 by Katharine Pyle
I Went Up One Pair of Stairs, Etc.
Now I will tell you a joke; whatever I say to you, you must answer “Just like me.” Now we will begin.
I went up one pair of stairs.
Just like me.
I went up two pair of stairs.
Just like me.
I turned myself round about.
Just like me.
I went up three pair of stairs.
Just like me.
I made a cross on the wall.
Just like me.
I went up four pair of stairs.
Just like me.
I looked out of a window.
Just like me.
And I found I was up as high as the highest tree-top.
Just like me.
I saw something moving about in the highest tree-top.
Just like me.
I stared and stared to see what it was.
Just like me.
And then I saw it was a little monkey.
Just like me.
Just like you! Ha, ha! You said the monkey was just like you; I think you must be a little monkey yourself if it looked just like you.
Now I will tell you something else. I will say one and then you must say two; I will say three, and you must say four and so on; but each time we must say after the number “a dead horse.” Like this. I say one a dead horse, and you must say two a dead horse.
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