a humorous alteration and combination of the opening
lines of two well-known
nursery rhymes which have been
read by or told to
children for centuries. The
a humorous allusion to two
nursery rhymes Little
Jack Horner which has the
following lines in it / "Little
Jack Horner sat in the
corner, / Eating a Christmas pie;" / and Little
Miss Muffett which starts / "Little
Miss Muffett /
Sat on a tuffet, / Eating some curds and whey."