Market Square
I
had
a
penny,
A
bright
new
penny,
I
took
my
penny
To
the
market
square.
I
wanted
a
rabbit,
A
little
brown
rabbit,
And
I
looked
for
a
rabbit
'Most
everywhere.
For
I
went
to
the
stall
where
they
sold
sweet
lavender
("Only
a
penny
for
a
bunch
of
lavender!").
"Have
you
got
a
rabbit,
'cos
I
don't
want
lavender?"
But
they
hadn't
got
a
rabbit,
not
anywhere
there.
I
had
a
penny,
And
I
had
another
penny,
I
took
my
pennies
To
the
market
square.
I
did
want
a
rabbit,
A
little
baby
rabbit,
And
I
looked
for
rabbits
'Most
everywhere.
And
I
went
to
the
stall
where
they
sold
fresh
mackerel
("Now
then!
Tuppence
for
a
fresh-caught
mackerel!").
"Have
you
got
a
rabbit,
'cos
I
don't
like
mackerel?"
But
they
hadn't
got
a
rabbit,
not
anywhere
there.
I
found
a
sixpence,
A
little
white
sixpence.
I
took
it
in
my
hand
To
the
market
square.
I
was
buying
my
rabbit
I
do
like
rabbits),
And
I
looked
for
my
rabbit
'Most
everywhere.
So
I
went
to
the
stall
where
they
sold
fine
saucepans
("Walk
up,
walk
up,
sixpence
for
a
saucepan!").
"Could
I
have
a
rabbit,
'cos
we've
got
two
saucepans?"
But
they
hadn't
got
a
rabbit,
not
anywhere
there.
I
had
nuffin',
No,
I
hadn't
got
nuffin',
So
I
didn't
go
down
To
the
market
square;
But
I
walked
on
the
common,
The
old-gold
common…
And
I
saw
little
rabbits
'Most
everywhere!
So
I'm
sorry
for
the
people
who
sell
fine
saucepans,
I'm
sorry
for
the
people
who
sell
fresh
mackerel,
I'm
sorry
for
the
people
who
sell
sweet
lavender,
'Cos
they
haven't
got
a
rabbit,
not
anywhere
there!
Alan Alexander Milne
A.A. Milne, (born January 18, 1882, London, England—died January 31, 1956, Hartfield, Sussex), English humorist, the originator of the immensely popular stories of Christopher Robin and his toy bear, Winnie-the-Pooh. After attending the University of Cambridge's Trinity College and writing for the literary magazines Granta and Punch, A.A. Milne began a successful career as a novelist, poet and playwright in the 1920s. His best-known works are his two collections of children's poetry, When We Were Young and Now We Are Six, and his two books of stories about the lovable bear Winnie-the-Pooh and his animal friends.