Two legs is the man, three legs is his stool, one leg is a leg of mutton and four legs is the dog. He throws the stool at the dog, and the dog drops his dinner.
Two legs sat upon three legs, with one leg in his lap. In comes four legs and runs off with one leg. Up jumps two legs, picks up three legs, throws it after four legs and makes him bring one leg back. What is going on?
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Three legs is a piece of furniture, and one leg is dinner.
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A man on a stool, a dog and a leg of mutton
Source: Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes, George Routledge and Sons, 1877