was created especially for

Jessica Ann Smith

at the age of 6

With love from

Mommy and Daddy

September 2, 2003

Title Page

The rain fell against the house on

1234 Anywhere Street. "We can't play

outside; it's just too wet," sighed Jessica.

"It's too wet and gray for Mariah, Gracie

and Fiona to come over." A rhyme came

to mind, and this gave Jessica an idea for a new game.

Rain, rain go away, come again some other day.

For Jessica and Mariah, Gracie and

Fiona, it's just too wet to play today.

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"This is fun!" Jessica said. She quickly tried another rhyme.

Hey, diddle, diddle! Jessica played the fiddle.

Mariah, Gracie and Fiona jumped over the moon.

Jessica laughed to see such a sport, and

Mariah, Gracie and Fiona ran away with the spoon.

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"That was pretty good," Jessica said. "Here's another one."

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man. Bake Jessica a cake

and a gingerbread man. Put it in the oven, so fluffy and light,

then serve it to Jessica and Mariah, Gracie and Fiona tonight.

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Jessica laughed out loud when she thought of this one.

Jessica saw an old woman who lived in a shoe.

She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.

She gave Jessica some broth and some cinnamon bread,

and kissed her, hugged her, and put her to bed.

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Jessica wondered what she could do with "Jack Be Nimble."

Jessica be nimble, Jessica be quick, Jessica jumped over the candlestick.

Jessica jumped so high she touched the sky,

and didn't get back 'til the Fourth of July.

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Jessica remembered that she had heard

this one in school one day.

Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep

and doesn't know where to find them.

"Leave them alone," Jessica said on the phone,

"and I'll travel close behind them."

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Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.

Jack fell down and broke his crown,

and Jill came tumbling after.

Up Jack got and off did trot, careful not to stray.

But there sat Jill so sad and still,

so then Jessica said, "Let's play!"

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What are little girls made of?

Sugar and spice and everything nice.

That's what little girls are made of.

Jessica giggled when she thought of this one.

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What are little boys made of? Snakes and snails and

puppy dog tails.  That's what little boys are made of.

Jessica really giggled when she thought of this one.

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Thirty days have September, April, June, and November.

All the rest have thirty-one, excepting February alone;

Jessica sees twenty-eight days there,

and Jessica sees twenty-nine each leap year.

"This is getting too easy," said Jessica. "I'll try a harder one."

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Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet eating her curds and whey.

Before a big spider could sit down beside her, Jessica stood bold

with a big stick to hold, and she frightened the spider away.

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It only took a moment for Jessica to come

up with a new rhyme.  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 together again.

Then along came Jessica with her tape and her glue,

and she put back the pieces as good as new.

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Hickory, dickory, dock! The mouse ran up the clock.

The clock struck one, the mouse ran down,

and followed Jessica into town.  Hickory, dickory, dock!

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Jessica had trouble with the next rhyme.

"Try adding your name to this one," Jessica said.

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.

A peck of pickled peppers  Peter Piper picked.

If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled

peppers, where's the peck of pickled

peppers Peter Piper picked?

Oh, well, Jessica doesn't like to eat

pickled peppers anyway.

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Jessica thought of this clever rhyme for "Three men in a tub."

Rub-a-dub dub, Three Men in a Tub.

Who do you think they could be?

The barber, the baker, and the candlestick

maker, all floating in the sea.

Mariah, Gracie and Fiona couldn't believe

all the fish they retrieved, until Jessica pulled out three.

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Twinkle, twinkle, little star,

how Jessica wonders where you are.

Up above Jessica's world so high,

like a diamond in the sky.

Your bright and shining little spark,

makes Jessica happy as a lark.

Glowing brightly near and far,

Twinkle, twinkle, little star.

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