Lil' Shelf
Cover of A Well

A Well

Traditional

ages 2 to 5nursery rhymesread aloudabout 10 seconds aloud

A neat riddle describing a well, round as an apple and too deep even for all the king's horses to fill. Good for a guessing game before bath time.

From Mother Goose / Nursery Rhymes (traditional). See the whole collection.

As round as an apple, as deep as a cup,
And all the king's horses can't fill it up.

Public domain. Text from The Real Mother Goose (Blanche Fisher Wright, 1916), via Project Gutenberg. View the source edition

More to read aloud