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RIDDLE: MAN, STOOL, DOG by MOTHER GOOSE

First Line: TWO LEGS SAT UPON THREE LEGS / WITH ONE LEG IN HIS LAP
Last Line: AND MAKES HIM BRING BACK ONE LEG.
Subject(s): RIDDLES;

Two legs sat upon three legs
With one leg in his lap;
In comes four legs
And runs away with one leg;
Up jumps two legs,
Catches up three legs,
Throws it after four legs,
And makes him bring back one leg.



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