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- ; File: NURSERY1.DAT
- ; Typing practice file to accompany QUICTYPE.EXE - Quic-Type PC
- ; by Matthew J. W. Ratcliff
- ; Any line which begins with a semicolon (;) is a comment and
- ; is ignored by the read routine of the program. (A typing practice
- ; string is allowed to have embedded semicolons however.)
- ;
- ; Practice typing strings are as follows. Up to 40 lines of 80
- ; column strings are allowed.
- ;
- ; Below is the first nursery rhyme practice file.
- ; The rhymes are easily memorized. After a bit of
- ; practice you'll be able to BELT these little stories
- ; out very rapidly. The rythm of the rhymes will help you
- ; build a rythm to your typing as well, so that thoughts
- ; flow through your fingers to the keys smoothly and accurately.
- ;
- ; Jack & Jill
- ;
- Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
- Jack fell down and broke his crown, and Jill came tumbling after.
- ;
- ; Little Tommy Tucker
- ;
- Little Tommy Tucker sings for his supper.
- What shall he eat? White bread and butter.
- How shall he cut it without ever a knife?
- How shall he be married without ever a wife?
- ;
- ; Humpty Dumpty
- ;
- Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
- All the king's horses, and all the king's men
- cannot put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
- ;
- Hey, diddle, diddle!
- The cat and the fiddle, the cow jumped over the moon.
- The little dog laughed to see such sport,
- and the dish ran away with the spoon.
- ;
- ; Little Miss Muffet
- ;
- Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating of curds and whey.
- There came a big spider, and sat down beside her,
- and frightened Miss Muffet away.
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