Page 220 - Eng & Span for flipbook 2

Story 157

Zilch

When the farmer is away,

The cat will play,

1
And filch milk

From the farmer's milch cow
,

Leaving zilch

For baby in pilch and Momma Sow
2

1. Filch means to steal

2. Pilch is an infant’s protective garment worn over a diaper.

Story 158

Gilded

The church guild has willed not to rebuild, but to have the churches

cracks filled, and to give their statues a lustrous gild.

This will make the bishop thrill, for his till will remain filled to the gill!