A little riddle rhyme complete with a stick, a stone and a groat offered as the prize for guessing right. It's short enough to say twice in a row, which is half the fun of a good riddle.
From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.
As I went through the garden gap,
Who should I meet but Dick Red-cap!
A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat,—
If you'll tell me this riddle, I'll give you a groat.
About this rhyme
Rhyme: 'Dick Red-cap...A stick in his hand, a stone in his throat' - a stalk-and-stone riddle for a cherry.
"A Cherry" is a riddle rhyme, the kind that hides its answer in a bit of nonsense: "Dick Red-cap", a stick, a stone in his throat. Once you know the answer, cherries have a stalk and a stone, it all clicks into place.
These rhymes were made to be asked, not just read, so hold the answer back and let a child guess.
Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition