Nonsense Alphabet 1

A          A was an ant     Who seldom stood still,     And who made a nice house     In the side of a hill.     a!     Nice little ant!     B          B was a book     With a binding of blue,     And pictures and stories     For me and for you.     b!     Nice little book!     C          C was a cat     Who ran after a rat;     But his courage did fail     When she seized on his tail.     c!     Crafty old cat!     D          D was a duck     With spots on his back,     Who lived in the water,     And always said "Quack!"     d!     Dear little duck!     E          E was an elephant,     Stately and wise:     He had tusks and a trunk,     And two queer little eyes.     e!     Oh, what funny small eyes!     F          F was a fish     Who was caught in a net;     But he got out again,     And is quite alive yet.     f!     Lively young fish!     G          G was a goat     Who was spotted with brown:     When he did not lie still     He walked up and down.     g!     Good little goat!     H          H was a hat     Which was all on one side;     Its crown was too high,     And its brim was too wide.     h!     Oh, what a hat!     I          I was some ice     So white and so nice,     But which nobody tasted;     And so it was wasted.     i!     All that good ice!     J          J was a jackdaw     Who hopped up and down     In the principal street     Of a neighboring town.     j!     All through the town!     K          K was a kite     Which flew out of sight,     Above houses so high,     Quite into the sky.     k     Fly away, kite!     L          L was a light     Which burned all the night,     And lighted the gloom     Of a very dark room.     l!     Useful nice light!     M          M was a mill     Which stood on a hill,     And turned round and round     With a loud hummy sound.     m!     Useful old mill!     N          N was a net     Which was thrown in the sea     To catch fish for dinner     For you and for me.     n!     Nice little net!     O          O was an orange     So yellow and round:     When it fell off the tree,     It fell down to the ground.     o!     Down to the ground!     P          P was a pig,     Who was not very big;     But his tail was too curly,     And that made him surly.     p!     Cross little pig!     Q          Q was a quail     With a very short tail;     And he fed upon corn     In the evening and morn.     q!     Quaint little quail!     R          R was a rabbit,     Who had a bad habit     Of eating the flowers     In gardens and bowers.     r!     Naughty fat rabbit!     S          S was the sugar-tongs,     Nippity-nee,     To take up the sugar     To put in our tea.     s!     Nippity-nee!     T          T was a tortoise,     All yellow and black:     He walked slowly away,     And he never came back.     t!     Torty never came back!     U          U was an urn     All polished and bright,     And full of hot water     At noon and at night.     u!     Useful old urn!     V          V was a villa     Which stood on a hill,     By the side of a river,     And close to a mill.     v!     Nice little villa!     W          W was a whale     With a very long tail,     Whose movements were frantic     Across the Atlantic.     w!     Monstrous old whale!     X          X was King Xerxes,     Who, more than all Turks, is     Renowned for his fashion     Of fury and passion.     x!     Angry old Xerxes!     Y          Y was a yew,     Which flourished and grew     By a quiet abode     Near the side of a road.     y!     Dark little yew!     Z          Z was some zinc,     So shiny and bright,     Which caused you to wink     In the sun's merry light.     z!     Beautiful zinc!