The Fly’s Tall House

A fly built a tall house. Along came the crawling louse: — Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

A fly built a tall house. Along came the crawling louse:

— Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

— The sorrowful fly. And who are you?

— I’m the crawling louse.

Along came the hopping flea:

— Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

— I’m the sorrowful fly, with the crawling louse.

Along came the long-legged mosquito:

— Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

— I’m the sorrowful fly, I’m the crawling louse, I’m the hopping flea.

Along came little Mouse Tutyuryushechka:

— Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

— I’m the sorrowful fly, I’m the crawling louse, I’m the hopping flea, I’m the long-legged mosquito.

Along came little Lizard Sherosherochka:

— Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

— I’m the sorrowful fly, I’m the crawling louse, I’m the hopping flea, I’m the long-legged mosquito, I’m little Mouse Tutyuryushechka.

Along came Fox Patrikeyevna:

— Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

— I’m the sorrowful fly, I’m the crawling louse, I’m the hopping flea, I’m the long-legged mosquito, I’m little Mouse Tutyuryushechka, I’m little Lizard Sherosherochka.

Along came the little hare from under the bush:

— Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

— I’m the sorrowful fly, I’m the crawling louse, I’m the hopping flea, I’m the long-legged mosquito, I’m little Mouse Tutyuryushechka, I’m little Lizard Sherosherochka, I’m Fox Patrikeyevna.

Along came the great wolf with the grey tail:

— Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

— I’m the sorrowful fly, I’m the crawling louse, I’m the hopping flea, I’m the long-legged mosquito, I’m little Mouse Tutyuryushechka, I’m little Lizard Sherosherochka, I’m Fox Patrikeyevna, I’m the little hare from under the bush.

Along came the thick-legged bear:

— Who, who, who is in the house? Who, who, who is in the tall house?

— I’m the sorrowful fly, I’m the crawling louse, I’m the hopping flea, I’m the long-legged mosquito, I’m little Mouse Tutyuryushechka, I’m little Lizard Sherosherochka, I’m Fox Patrikeyevna, I’m the little hare from under the bush, I’m the great wolf with the grey tail.

Everyone in the house called:

— And who are you?

— I’m Smash-and-Crash, the one who crushes all! — said the bear. He brought his paw down on the house and smashed it.