Pot And Kettle
[To be read to little boys and girls who quarrel with each other.]
“Oho! Oho!” said the pot to the kettle,
“You’re dirty and ugly and black!
Sure no one would think you were made of metal,
Except when you’re given a crack.”
“Not so! not so!” kettle said to the pot.
“’Tis your own dirty image you see.
For I am so clear, without blemish or blot,
That your blackness is mirrored in me.”