Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Nursery Rhyme


Doctor Foster went to Gloucester
In a shower of rain;
He stepped in a puddle,
Right up to his middle,
And never went there again.

Note: The old word for puddle was "piddle," which rhymed with middle.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Poor Dr Foster.... wonderful artwork!

Ginger*:) said...

Okay.... I would have loved it if you had used piddle, but oh well. The illustration is wonderful, imaginative and beautifully painted.

Courtney Pippin-Mathur said...

great illo ms. paige, love the mouse and cookie one too. your stuff is rockin'.

Anonymous said...

I was thinking "piddle" when I first read it, which would have been wonderful, but that also made me think of puppy piddles, and then the thought of stepping in a piddle up to his middle got rather scary. :-)

I also had fun with stepped in a puddle up to his muddle...not quite the proper use of "muddle," but it amused me nonetheless. :-)

Paige Keiser said...

Thanks ya 'all. Okay I'm not from the south, but I like saying ya all anyways. :0)

Most books today say puddle instead of piddle. Personally, when someone says piddle, I immediately think of a dog peeing on the carpet lol.

Danielle, I like the muddle idea. Shel silverstein used to play with words in that way.

Elizabeth said...

Hiya. Just to chip in, this was a fav of mine as a child, and we always said 'puddle' and 'muddle'. I'm in the Uk if that helps explain anything ;-)

However, great painting and drawing, I really like it. Your work continues to get even better. E

Paige Keiser said...

Hi Elizabeth,

I feel like I'm starting to grow in my work as well - this doesn't happen often for me, so I'm excited about the overall improvement in my work, and doubly excited that you've noticed that. :0)Thanks!