POOR DOGGIE
by Maggee Spicer and Richard Thompson
Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard
To get her Poor Doggie a bone.
When she got there
The cupboard was bare...
So...
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Old Mother Hubbard went shopping!
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
He'd have lots of fun!
So Old Mother Hubbard bought ONE.
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
He could doo-wop-a-doo!
So Old Mother Hubbard bought TWO.
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
Imagine the things he could see!
So Old Mother Hubbard bought THREE.
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
He could help me clean the floor!
So Old Mother Hubbard bought FOUR.
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
I could teach him how to drive!
So Old Mother Hubbard bought FIVE.
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
There'd be lots of things he could fix.
So Old Mother Hubbard bought SIX.
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
He'd be in Doggie Heaven!
So Old Mother Hubbard bought SEVEN.
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
He'd never, ever be late.
So Old Mother Hubbard bought EIGHT.
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
I think he'd look divine!
So Old Mother Hubbard bought NINE.
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If my Poor Doggie
Had one of those
He'd never be hungry again.
So Old Mother Hubbard bought TEN.
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Old Mother Hubbard
Came back to her to her home,
And showed Poor Doggie the stuff.
Poor Doggie wagged
His poor little tail and said:
"Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!
Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! Ruff! Ruff!
Ruff! Ruff!"
He was very excited!
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Poor Doggie worked long,
Poor Doggie worked late,
He worked through the night.
He worked hard.
But by early next morning,
His treasures were safe -
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Buried deep -
In Old Mother Hubbard's
Back Yard!
Illustration Notes: In some cases, the text allows us to imagine a lot of different possible purchases. In other cases, the text points fairly obviously to a specific item. Old Mother Hubbard might have bought:
- ONE - yo-yo or ball
- TWO - trumpets or saxophones
- THREE - telescopes or TV sets
- FOUR - vacuum cleaners
- FIVE - cars or motorcycles
- SIX - electric drills or Swiss Army knives
- SEVEN - hammocks or beach umbrellas
- EIGHT - grandfather clocks
- NINE - fancy hats or diamond studded collars
- TEN - hot dog vendors' carts
In a title page spot (or in some other place in the early pages), we would want to see Poor Doggie burying bones as a set-up for the ending.
RICHARD THOMPSON
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