Out of the Woods: A Charming Short Story

There was an old woman who lived in a shoe;She had so many children, she didn't know what to do. She fed them all broth without any bread;Then whipped them all soundly and sent them to bed. Mother GooseShe took them from the woods, and she took them from dells, from hamlets and homesteads and across the wide world, she found young orphans, those abandoned and left on their own, and gave them a home. And all she asked for was a little piece of their soul in payment...Whoever said nursery rhymes were harmless?