Children's book calendar: small theater in nursery rhymes

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This illustration comes from the picture book "Jack Gai's Little House" published in 1885. This is a British nursery rhyme that has been circulating for a long time, which is loved by generations of children.

The English on the bag in the picture means "malt". And this is the starting point of the entire nursery rhyme story: Jack built a house with malt in it. Malt was eaten by a mouse, and the mouse was eaten by a cat. The cat was frightened by the dog. The dog was arched into the sky by the cow with a corner. The lonely girl milk for the cow. The tattered man kissed the girl. The judge, the farmer who planted corn raised this chicken.

This nursery rhymes are like a small drama. Cats, dogs, cows, cows, squeezed milk girls ... One by one, with distinctive and different characters, they have played one after another. The text is based on a phrase "Jack built a small house". With the appearance of the characters and the development of the plot, each song is repeatedly repeated in front of the song. Until the climax atmosphere.

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