Wise One

Wise one, wise one

how long is a piece of string?

Twice as long as half its length.

Wise one, wise one

how do you kill a snake?

Put its tail in its mouth

and it’ll eat itself up.

Wise one, wise one

What’s at the end of cat’s tail?

A cat.

Wise one, wise one

How can I get a chick out of a boiled egg?

Feed it to the chicken

so it can lay it again.

Wise one, wise one

Why do bricklayers put mortar on bricks?

To keep the bricks together

and to keep the bricks apart.

Wise one, wise one

My parrot talks too much.

Give it a good book to read.

Michael Rosen