Jack and Jill
Puzzle:
Jack and Jill are found dead in a puddle
of water. Broken glass is strewn about.
Answer:
Jack and Jill came down the hill,
Fetching a pail of water;
Jack fell down and tripped up Jill,
His darling little daughter.
Up Jack got and then to wail,
"I've broke my crown glass glasses."
And Jill, in anger, kicked the pail,
Then fell dead in its splashes.
Jack's mind now was in a muddle;
He took the pail to kick it,
Then fell down lifeless in the puddle;
He, too, had kicked the bucket.
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