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Five Minute Stories

Chapter 88: KING PIPPIN.
By Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
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About This Book

A lively collection of short stories and poems for children, offering simple domestic scenes, playful rhymes, brief narratives, and light moral lessons. Pieces range from tender portraits of family life and child play to fanciful nonsense verses, seasonal and holiday sketches, animal vignettes, and concise character studies, often keyed to children's imagination and daily activities. Language is straightforward and rhythmic, with songs and jingles interspersed among short tales; many pieces aim to charm or amuse while gently reinforcing kindness, curiosity, and good manners. Illustrations accompany several items, enhancing the accessible tone and appeal to young readers.

KING PIPPIN.

Little King Pippin he had a long nose,
Little King Pippin wore doublet and hose;
Doublet and hose, and shoes for to trip in,
This was the person of little King Pippin.
Cho.—This was the person of little King Pippin.
Little King Pippin, his soldiers were three;
They drew out their swords and said “Fiddle-de-dee!
Where is the foe, that his blood we may dip in?”
These were the soldiers of little King Pippin.
Cho.—These were the soldiers of little King Pippin.
Little King Pippin, his sailors were five;
They thanked their dear stars that they yet were alive.
“Sure we should be drowned if the sea we should slip in!”
These were the sailors of little King Pippin.
Cho.—These were the sailors of little King Pippin.
Little King Pippin, his story is done;
Little King Pippin, his battles are won.
Never a fight that he did not whip in!
What do you think of little King Pippin?
Cho.—What do you think of little King Pippin?