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Tongs

Traditional

ages 0 to 2nursery rhymesread aloudabout 5 seconds aloud

A four-line riddle describing a pair of fire tongs without ever naming them: long legs, crooked thighs, a little head, and no eyes. Simple enough for a very young child to enjoy guessing.

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

Long legs, crooked thighs,
Little head, and no eyes.

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

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