"Magpie, magpie, tell me, pray Where have you been?" "Far away!"
"You built a fire And you cooked some mash You called your friend And here, in a flash A hungry brood By the porch they stood You drew your spoon They held the noon"
"Magpie, magpie, tell me, dear Where have you been?" "I've been near!"
"The squirrel had some And so did the hare The fox and the owl They each got a share But the wolf in the hole Got nothing at all His little grey soul Got nothing at all!"
"He had fetched no water He had chopped no wood He had built no fire He had cooked no food!"
