Sunday, April 26, 2009

Pussy in the Well

For better understanding for young lady Athena's performance to the nursery rhyme Ding Dong Bell, I've checked out some information about this rhyme. Someone says the author of this rhyme is an anonymous in Shakespeare era but another one puts that Elizabeth Foster Goose wrote it. They call Elizabeth as Mother Goose.

Now I have three version of this nursery rhyme. The first one Athena brings to me is:
Ding dong bell
Pussy's in the well
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Flynn
Who pulled her out?
Little Tommy Stout
What a naughty boy was that
Try to drown poor Pussycat,
Who never did any harm
But killed all the mice
In the Farmer's barn!
But there is another version similar:
Ding, dong, bell,
Pussy's in the well!
Who put her in?
Little Tommy Green.
Who pulled her out?
Big Johnny Stout.

What a naughty boy was that,
To drown poor pussy-cat,
Who never did him any harm,
But killed the mice in his father's barn!
As my English language ability is as a common beginner's one, I cannot tell which one is the correct rhyme. Also amazing, the original publication is:
Ding dong bell,
The cat is in the well.
Who put her in?
Little Johnny Green.
What a naughty boy was that,
To drown poor Pussy cat.
Who never did any harm,
And kill'd the mice in his father's barn.
Anyway it has a history of more than 400 hundred year, I prefer Miss Athena perform this rhyme in her school.

I've draw a iconography about Pussy in the Well with GIMP in ubuntu, it is childish but actually it's my work. I wish Athena will feel happy when she read this blog with the drawing.