Walls
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the King's horses and all the King's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
2 comments
That sounds really familiar . . .so what ever happened to Humpty??
February 8, 2012 at 5:12 PM
Nothing good ;)
I actually did learn a little about Humpty yesterday. The story didn't start out as a children's rhyme. It was originally a riddle. A "how could this be?" riddle, with the answer being "Humpty is an EGG!"
It's amazing a riddle that lame stayed around for so long. I mean really? Was it so difficult to conceive of a fall where the victim couldn't be put back together again? Maybe walls weren't very high back then.
I thought maybe the story had its origins in a gruesome accident that happened a long time ago. Maybe a Knight, or a famous villager. But no. It was originally a riddle!
February 8, 2012 at 5:34 PM
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