# Johnny Crow's Garden - Source: L. Leslie Brooke's Picture Books (leslie-brooke.gutenberg.org), Public domain, L. Leslie Brooke, 1903 to 1922, via Project Gutenberg - Reading level: Ages 4 to 6 - Subjects: Stories, Animals, Nature - Topics: johnny, garden, crow's, said, crow, goose - Length: 221 words, about 2 min - Original: - Page: - Open in Sprouts: ## Johnny Crow Would dig and sow ## Till he made a little Garden. ## And the Lion ## Had a green and yellow Tie on ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## And the Rat Wore a Feather in his Hat ## But the Bear Had nothing to wear ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## So the Ape ## Took his Measure with a Tape ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## Then the Crane ## Was caught in the Rain ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## And the Beaver ## Was afraid he had a Fever ## But the Goat ## Said: ## "It's nothing but his Throat!" ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## And the Pig Danced a Jig ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## Then the Stork Gave a Philosophic Talk ## Till the Hippopotami Said: "Ask no further 'What am I?'" ## While the Elephant Said something quite irrelevant ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## And the Goose-- Well, ## the Goose was a Goose ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## And the Mouse ## Built himself a little House ## Where the Cat ## Sat down beside the Mat ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## And the Whale ## Told a very long Tale ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## And the Owl Was a funny old Fowl ## And the Fox ## Put them all in the Stocks ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## But Johnny Crow He let them go ## And they all sat down to their dinner in a row ## In Johnny Crow's Garden. ## "GOOD-BYE!" ## Picture credits - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain () - L. Leslie Brooke, Public domain ()