{"product_id":"little-people-an-alphabet-gb-24336","title":"Little People: An Alphabet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLittle People: An Alphabet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nTitle: Little People\nSubtitle:  An Alphabet\nAuthor: T. W. H. Crosland\nRelease Date: January 17, 2008 [EBook #24336]\nLanguage: English\nCredits: \n\n\n\n\nProduced by David Edwards, Suzan Flanagan and the Online\nDistributed Proofreading Team at http:\/\/www.pgdp.net (This\nfile was produced from images generously made available\nby The Internet Archive)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA for Arab.\n\nThis Arab is upset, I fear;\nLook at his pretty shield and spear.\nHe's stuck two pistols in his sash,\nAnd, dear me, how his eyes do flash!\n\nAt home he has a horse to ride;\nTo \"scour the desert\" is his pride.\nHis horse is of the purest breed;\nSome people call his horse a steed.\n[Pg 9]\n\n\n\nB for Boer.\n\nHere is your little brother Boer,\nOf course, you've heard of him before;\nHe has a naughty Uncle Paul,\nWho used to want to eat us all.\n\nAlthough he does not wear a tie\nHe's just as white as you or I,\nAnd just as fond of cake and fruit;\nThe difference is that he can shoot.\n[Pg 10]\n[Pg 11]\n[Pg 12]\n\n\n\nC for Chinaboy.\n\nLi has a pigtail and a fan,\nAnd yet he's not a Chinaman;\nIn fact, he is his mother's joy,\nA merry little Chinaboy.\n\nHis father is a Mandarin,\nHis father's name is Loo Too Sin.\nThey put no sugar in his tea,\nYet he's as good as good can be.\n[Pg 13]\n\n\n\nD for Dutch.\n\nMiss Gretchen Groople! She is Dutch:\nIn Holland there are many such.\nHer shoes are wooden, like the floor;\nHow nice she keeps her pinafore!\n\nShe says that there is nothing finer\nThan the Dutch Queen, Wilhelmina;\nShe says that she has never seen a\nSweeter Queen than Wilhelmina.\n[Pg 14]\n[Pg 15]\n[Pg 16]\n\n\n\nE for English.\n\nThe English are a splendid race,\nSturdy of limb, honest of face;\nThey own (this is geography)\nMuch of the land and all the sea.\n\nThat is to say, they rule the waves,\nThey never, never will be slaves.\nThey're brave, but do not want to fight,\nAnd if you're English you're all right.\n[Pg 17]\n\n\n\nF for French.\n\nThe French can cook, and fence, and dance,\nThey're fond of shouting \"Long live France!\"\nThey make the prettiest hats and frocks,\nAlso French pickles and French clocks.\n\nThey shave their poodles, drink much wine,\nAnd laugh a great deal when they dine.\nFrench boys play soldiers now and then,\nAnd must be soldiers when they're men.\n[Pg 18]\n[Pg 19]\n[Pg 20]\n\n\n\nG for German.\n\nHans, as you see, to town has been;\nHis waistcoat's red, his sunshade green.\nHe lives beside the river Iser,\nAnd calls his emperor the Kaiser.\n\nIn Germany, no end of toys\nAre made for English girls and boys.\nThe English children merely break them;\nHans sits at home and helps to make them.\n[Pg 21]\n\n\n\nH for Hungarian.\n\nIn Hungary they hunt and fish;\nBetween ourselves, I often wish\nI lived there, for it must be grand;\nI've heard the Blue Hungarian Band.\n\nIn Hungary a boy wears white\nBlouses, his knickers fit him tight,\nHe has top boots of patent leather,\nAnd in his hat a peacock's feather.\n[Pg 22]\n[Pg 23]\n[Pg 24]\n\n\n\nI for Indian.\n\nThe Indian boy is neatly dressed;\nHe has no shirt, he wears a crest\nOf eagle's feathers on his head,\nHis skin is of a coppery red.\n\nIf you said to him, \"You and I\nWill run and catch a butterfly,\"\nThe Indian boy would say, \"No! No!\nI wish to chase the buffalo.\"\n[Pg 25]\n\n\n\nJ for Japanese.\n\nThe little Japs are rather small,\nEven their fathers are not tall;\nThey're very fond of parasols,\nThey dress themselves just like their dolls.\n\nThey live beneath the sunniest skies,\nTheir hair is black to match their eyes;\nTheir robes are black to match their hair,\nAnd, O! what tiny shoes they wear.\n[Pg 26]\n[Pg 27]\n[Pg 28]\n\n\n\nK for Kaffir.\n\nThis Kaffir looks a trifle sly,\nHe smiles and smiles, I wonder why?\nPerhaps he's playing at a game,\nOr thinking of his long, long name.\n\nHis name, you know, is Washington\nNeb-u-chad-nez-zar Solomon\nSambo Snowball Timothy Jack\nAdolphus Rule Britannia Black.\n[Pg 29]\n\n\n\nL for Laplander.\n\nI think the Laplander is nice,\nHe lives among the snow and ice;\nThe reindeer drags his sledge for him,\nAnd gives him meat and milk to skim.\n\nHis spears are sharpthey shine like steel;\nHe hunts the walrus and the seal.\nOften, when he has time to spare,\nHe hunts the white or polar bear.\n[Pg 30]\n[Pg 31]\n[Pg 32]\n\n\n\nM for Mexican.\n\nThe plucky little Mexican\nRides on the pampas like a man;\nHis horse may kick, and plunge, and rear,\nHe does not feel the least bit queer.\n\nIf he should see an old grey goose\nOr a young turkey running loose,\nYou may be pretty certain that\nHe'd catch it with his lariat.\n[Pg 33]\n\n\n\nN for Neapolitan.\n\nThe Neapolitan is wise,\nHe plays the pipes for pence, and buys\nIce-cream and candy every day\nTo help him on his weary way.\n\nHis tunes are chiefly of one note,\nHe has a sheepskin for a coat,\nHis water-bottle's painted yellow,\nHe is a handsome little fellow.\n[Pg 34]\n[Pg 35]\n[Pg 36]\n\n\n\nO for Odalisque.\n\nO pretty little Odalisque,\nI know you want to dance and frisk\nAnd play at hide and seek with me;\nAnd yet, you know, it cannot be,\n\nUnlessunless, my dear, you choose\nTo put away those curious shoes,\nAlso your coat, and cap, and veil:\nThey'd hang up nicely on a nail.\n[Pg 37]\n\n\n\nP for Persian.\n\nThe Persian has a funny hat,\nHe often sits upon a mat;\nHe hears the bulbul sing, and roves\nThrough rose-gardens and lemon groves.\n\nChild, if by any chance you meet\nA little Persian in the street,\nDo not be rude and cry \"Yah-yah!\"\nBut ask him if he's seen the Shah.\n[Pg 38]\n[Pg 39]\n[Pg 40]\n\n\n\nQ for Quakeress.\n\nI like the little Quakeress,\nShe is so quaint; I like her dress,\nHer very, very plain white bonnet,\nHer stuff gown with no trimming on it.\n\nHer hands are pink, and soft, and small,\nThey peep out from her dark green shawl.\nShe lives on milk, and bread, and honey,\nShe must be saving pots of money.\n[Pg 41]\n\n\n\nR for Russian.\n\nRussia is noted for its tar,\nIts leather, and its great, white Czar.\nA Russian wears his clothes quite loose,\nAnd drinks his tea with lemon juice.\n\nThe Russian boys have chubby faces,\nThey play at marbles and run races;\nThe climate sometimes makes them cough,\nThey've names like Shuffski and Poppoff.\n[Pg 42]\n[Pg 43]\n[Pg 44]\n\n\n\nS for Scotch.\n\nThe Scotch wear kiltsboth boys and men,\nWhen they don't know, they \"dinna ken.\"\nThey love the thistle, we the rose,\nThey're fond of oatmeal, kail, and brose.\n\nIn war the Scotch are very bold.\nBurns was a Scot, who, I am told,\nWrote verses and ploughed fields by turns,\nSo every Scot is proud of Burns.\n[Pg 45]\n\n\n\nT for Tyrolean.\n\nThe Tyrol has a splendid air\nAnd mountains, mountains everywhere;\nThe mountains are all tops and sides,\nYou climb them best with ropes and guides.\n\nThe Tyrolean's hat is smart,\nHe yodels and is light of heart;\nHis yodelling is very sweet;\nHis stockings haven't any feet.\n[Pg 46]\n[Pg 47]\n[Pg 48]\n\n\n\nU for United States.\n\nThe States are full of mush and pie\nAnd houses twenty stories high,\nSaw-mills and millionaires and bustle;\nThe people there \"have got to hustle.\"\n\nThe business of the States is done\nEx-clu-sive-ly by telephone;\nAnd that is why the people say,\n\"I guess we're 'cute in U. S. A.\"\n[Pg 49]\n\n\n\nV for Valencian.\n\nValencia's a little town\nIn Spain. It's dusty and baked brown,\nAnd full of dirt and mules and fleas,\nAnd all around are orange trees.\n\nThis well-fed boy, as you may see,\nHas been dressed very carefully;\nHis garments show that he's a Don,\nHe knows that he has got them on.\n[Pg 50]\n[Pg 51]\n[Pg 52]\n\n\n\nW for Welshman.\n\nTaffy, my boy, I've heard with grief\nThat shocking tale about the beef;\nBut Taffy, between me and you,\nI really don't believe it's true.\n\nI'm told that there are pretty vales\nAnd hills with sheep on them in Wales;\nO Taffy, Taffy, don't be put on,\nYou can't want beef while you've Welsh mutton.\n[Pg 53]\n\n\n\nZ for Zany.\n\nA zany is a kind of clown\nWho wanders idly up and down,\nAnd wags his head, and shakes his bells,\nAnd chortles at the tales he tells.\n\nHe'll joke with you in sun or show'r,\nAnd keep you laughing by the hour.\nSome zanies are a trifle mad:\nNow we have finishedand I'm glad.\n\n\nT. W. H. C.\n\n[Pg 54]\n[Pg 55]\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003cb\u003e ......Buy Now (To Read More)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct details\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEbook Number\u003c\/b\u003e: 24336 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor\u003c\/b\u003e: Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date\u003c\/b\u003e: Jan 17, 2008 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat\u003c\/b\u003e: eBook \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage\u003c\/b\u003e: English \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eContributors\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIllustrator\u003c\/b\u003e: Mayer, Henry, 1868-1954 \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Crosland, T. W. H. 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