Vulgar words in English Fairy Tales (Page 1)
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he huffed and he puffed ... but he could _not_ blow the house down At last he flew into a violent rage and flung his stick at the bird A spider one day attacked him "I will go first and you come after, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey" So she escaped The thorns closed in around her so that she was all scratched and torn Dick finds that the streets of London are not paved with gold Dick Whittington hears Bow Bells The old woman and her pig Headpiece--How Jack went out to seek his Fortune They both met together upon Nottingham bridge "A vengeance on her!" said they.
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You dirty, impudent slut," said the cook, "you go among all the fine lords and ladies with your filthy catskin?
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Whereupon the cook screamed out in a rage, "What, you, you dirty, impudent slut!
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"At you, Mr. Vinegar, you foolish man--you simpleton--you blockhead!
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you blockhead!"
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So she went along, and she went along, and she went along, till she met Cocky-locky.
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"Where are you going, Henny-penny?" says Cocky-locky.
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"May I come with you?" says Cocky-locky.
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So Henny-penny and Cocky-locky went to tell the King the sky was falling.
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"Where are you going to, Henny-penny and Cocky-locky?" says Ducky-daddles.
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we're going to tell the King the sky's a-falling," said Henny-penny and Cocky-locky.
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"Certainly," said Henny-penny and Cocky-locky.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles went to tell the King the sky was a-falling.
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"Where are you going to, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles?" said Goosey-poosey.
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we're going to tell the King the sky's a-falling," said Henny-penny and Cocky-locky and Ducky-daddles.
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"Certainly," said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, and Ducky-daddles.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey went to tell the King the sky was a-falling.
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"Where are you going, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey?" says Turkey-lurkey.
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we're going to tell the King the sky's a-falling," said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey.
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"May I come with you, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey?" said Turkey-lurkey.
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"Oh, certainly, Turkey-lurkey," said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, and Goosey-poosey.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey all went to tell the King the sky was a-falling.
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So they went along, and they went along, and they went along, till they met Foxy-woxy, and Foxy-woxy said to Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey, "Where are you going, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey?"
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And Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey said to Foxy-woxy, "We're going to tell the King the sky's a-falling."
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but this is not the way to the King, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey," says Foxy-woxy; "I know the proper way; shall I show it you?"
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"Oh, certainly, Foxy-woxy," said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.
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So Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, Turkey-lurkey, and Foxy-woxy all went to tell the King the sky was a-falling.
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But Foxy-woxy said to Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey, "This is the short cut to the King's palace: you'll soon get there if you follow me.
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I will go first and you come after, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey."
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"Why, of course, certainly, without doubt, why not?" said Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.
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[Illustration: "I will go first and you come after, Henny-penny, Cocky-locky Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey"] So Foxy-woxy went into his burrow, and he didn't go very far but turned round to wait for Henny-penny, Cocky-locky, Ducky-daddles, Goosey-poosey, and Turkey-lurkey.
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Then Cocky-locky strutted down into the burrow, and he hadn't gone far when-- "Hrumph!"
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But Cocky-locky _will_ always crow whether you want him to do so or not, and so he had just time for one "Cock-a-doo-dle d--" before he went to join Turkey-lurkey, Goosey-poosey, and Ducky-daddles over Foxy-woxy's shoulders.
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Now when Henny-penny, who had just got into the dark burrow, heard Cocky-locky crow, she said to herself: "My goodness!
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The stream was very swift, and her long clothes kept her up till she caught in a snag just opposite a fisherman, who was mending his nets.
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The host had watched all this through a crack in the door, and when night came on he put an ass of his own for the precious Neddy belonging to the youth.
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At the word the cudgel flew from his hand and battered the old fellow on the back, rapped his head, bruised his arms, tickled his ribs, till he fell groaning on the floor; and still the stick belaboured the prostrate man, nor would Jack call it off till he had got back the stolen ass and table.
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But the girl would not do the frog's bidding, till her stepmother said, "Lift it up this instant, you hussy!