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- ; File: NURSERY2.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 second 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.
- ;
- ; Peter Pumpkin Eater
- ;
- Peter, Peter, pumpkin-eater, had a wife and couldn't keep her;
- he put her in a pumpkin shell, and there he kept her very well.
- ;
- ; Mary Had A Little Lamb
- ;
- Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.
- Wherever Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.
- It followed her to school one day, which was against the rule.
- It made the children laugh and play to see a lamb at school.
- ;
- ; Jack Sprat
- ;
- Jack Sprat could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean;
- and so, between them both, they licked the platter clean.
- ;
- ; Old King Cole
- ;
- Old King Cole was a merry old soul, and a merry old sole was he.
- He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl,
- and he called for his fiddlers three!
- ;
- ; Hickory Dickory Dock!
- ;
- Hickory, dickory, dock! The mouse ran up the clock.
- The clock struck one, and down he run. Hickory, dickory dock!
- ;
- ; Little Jack Horner
- ;
- Little Jack Horner sat in a corner,
- eating of Christmas pie.
- He put in his thumb, and pulled out a plum,
- and said, "What a good boy am I!"
- ;
- ; There Was A Crooked Man
- ;
- There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile.
- He found a crooked sixpence beside a crooked stile.
- He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse,
- and they all lived together in a little crooked house.
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