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The House That Jack Built

The poem describes a chain of events where each line introduces a new character or object that is connected to the previous one mentioned, ultimately leading back to the house that Jack built. It starts with malt in the house and follows the sequence of a rat eating the malt, a cat killing the rat, a dog worrying the cat and so on until it gets to a farmer sowing corn who is connected to the original house.

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The House That Jack Built

The poem describes a chain of events where each line introduces a new character or object that is connected to the previous one mentioned, ultimately leading back to the house that Jack built. It starts with malt in the house and follows the sequence of a rat eating the malt, a cat killing the rat, a dog worrying the cat and so on until it gets to a farmer sowing corn who is connected to the original house.

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THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT

This is the house that Jack built.


This is the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the rat,


That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cat,


That killed the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the dog,


That worried the cat,
That killed the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cow with the crumpled horn,


That tossed the dog,
That worried the cat,
That killed the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the maiden all forlorn,


That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog,
That worried the cat,
That killed the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built

This is the man all tattered and torn,


That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog,
That worried the cat,
That killed the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the priest all shaven and shorn,


That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog,
That worried the cat,
That killed the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the cock that crowed in the morn,


That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog,
That worried the cat,
That killed the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.

This is the farmer sowing the corn,


That kept the cock that crowed in the morn,
That waked the priest all shaven and shorn,
That married the man all tattered and torn,
That kissed the maiden all forlorn,
That milked the cow with the crumpled horn,
That tossed the dog,
That worried the cat,
That killed the rat,
That ate the malt
That lay in the house that Jack built.
How many words can you
think of that rhyme with the
word cat?

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How many words can you
think of that rhyme with the
word dog?

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How many words can you
think of that rhyme with the
word torn?

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How many words can you
think of that rhyme with the
word cow?

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Draw a picture of Jack’s house, the dog and the cat
and the rat.

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