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MULE THOUGHTS

A silly little mule

Sat on a milking stool

And tried to write a letter to his father.

But he couldn't find the ink,

So he said: “I rather think

This writing letters home is too much bother.”

[NOTES] This rhyme is about an animal called a mule. It is like a donkey and like a horse. The mule does not live at home and he wants to write to his father. Now, ink is inside of all pens, but many years ago, the ink was in a bottle. A pen needed to be put into ink to write on paper. The mule cannot find the bottle of ink so he decides it is too hard to write a letter.

silly—stupid

mule—animal like a horse or a donkey

mi lking stool—very small chair with three legs to sit on when getting milk from cows

bother—difficult