Scrambled Mother Goose Rhymes

By June Swanson

Each line below is the scrambled first line of a Mother Goose rhyme. Can you unscramble each line and read it correctly?

1. phmuty ymtudp tsa no a lalw

2. kirchoy, iyrockd, cokd, hte usoem nar pu eth cclko

3. cajk dna ljil tnew pu eht lilh

4. akjc, eb beniml, kjac, eb cqiku

5. llteti smis futmef tsa no a tefutf

6. leltti ob-epep sha slto reh ehspe

7. ymra dha a teltil mlba

8. dlo nkgi loce swa a rymer dol lsuo

9. crko-a-yeb, abyb, no hte retepto

10. ewe liwlei ikinew snur rgtohuh eht wtno

Answers:

• (1) Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, (2) Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock, (3) Jack and Jill went up the hill, (4) Jack, be nimble, Jack, be quick, (5) Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, (6) Little Bo-Peep has lost her sheep, (7) Mary had a little lamb, (8) Old King Cole was a merry old soul, (9) Rock-a-bye, baby, on the treetop, (10) Wee Willie Winkie runs through the town.