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Cover of The Winds

The Winds

Traditional

ages 2 to 5nursery rhymesread aloudabout 12 seconds aloud

Four winds throw a feast between them, and poor Mister South burns his mouth on a cold potato. The joke is a small, silly reversal that children like working out for themselves. A short one for adding a funny voice to each Mister.

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

Mister East gave a feast;
Mister North laid the cloth;
Mister West did his best;
Mister South burnt his mouth
Eating cold potato.

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

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