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The Enormous Turnip

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A turnip did grow and grow and grow Until it was enormous An old man tried to pull it up He pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled But couldn't pull up the turnip The old man asked his wife to help To help pull up the turnip The wife pulled the man The old man tried to pull it up They pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled But couldn't pull up the turnip The old man's wife then asked a boy To help pull up the turnip The boy pulled the wife The wife pulled the man The old man tried to pull it up They pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled But couldn't pull up the turnip The boy then asked a girl to help To help pull up the turnip The girl pulled the boy The boy pulled the wife The wife pulled the man The old man tried to pull it up They pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled But couldn't pull up the turnip The girl then called out to a dog The dog called a cat The cat called a mouse To help pull up the turnip The mouse pulled the cat The cat pulled the dog The dog pulled the girl The girl pulled the boy The boy pulled the wife The wife pulled the man The old man tried to pull it up They pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled And pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled And pulled and pulled and pulled and pulled And finally, after one last huge pull Up came a gigantic and absolutely enormous turnip I'll go make some turnip soup then, shall I dear? Yeah, yeah, yeah, good idea And why don't you go and have a nice lie down? Yeah, yeah, another good idea Oh, thank you dear, very thoughtful My husband obviously needs a holiday Perhaps we should consider growing peas instead of turnips? Ah look at him, sound asleep I do wonder what he's dreaming about Beans? Zucchinis? Beetroot perhaps? A holiday in the Caribbean? Mmm, that would be nice, very nice Very nice indeed -Snore Very nice