The House that Jack Built vs. The Broken Lamp

Grandpa Lowell has a children's book (The House that Jack Built) at his house that he's read to the boys a few times. It gets a little catchy to listen to him read. Last time, Mike started reciting it from the other room while Grandpa read it to the kids.

I searched for it online because we just had one of those days today... that happened to remind me of this (old) children's book.

Here's a look at our day, in the style of the nursery rhyme:

by Sarah, March 14, 2013

He dragged a chair

To climb over the gate

Snuck up the stairs

Crept down the hall

Hid in the room

Jumped on the bed

Knocked over the lamp

Broke the bulb

Yelled "Come quick! Something's terribly wong! 

   I bwoke the wamp!"

Mom vacuumed the mess

and then, did the hall

Discovering the spot 

  that the cat likes to lay

Looked under the sink

  to find carpet cleaner

Discovered a puddle

 and a crack in the drain

that caused the leak

that was under the sink

that wouldn't have been found

for WHO KNOWS how long?

All because 

he dragged a chair

climbed over the gate

snuck up the stairs

crept down the hall

hid in the room

jumped on the bed

and broke the lamp.

After-the-fact, I saw that the bulb had a warning (contains mercury) and looked online to discover that I did everything WRONG by vacuuming the mess. (I guess I should have evacuated all people and animals for 15 minutes, opened windows, used duct tape to pick up the pieces and NOT run the vacuum. Had to dispose of the bag... within the last few days was brand spanking new! Let the carpet dry and then, discover that I didn't have another new bag to put in the vacuum.)

Here's the nursery rhyme book that Grandpa reads:

The House That Jack Built (Nursery Rhyme)

Submitted by: Jill

Author: Unknown

This is 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 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.