Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant ,
How charmingly sweet sing!
Oh! let be married; too long we have tarried:
But what shall do for a ring?" sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the grows;
And there in a wood a stood,
With a at the end of his nose,
His nose,
His nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
About the words
Did you notice, all the words you had to fill in were either nouns or pronouns? A noun is a word that names a person, place or thing. A pronoun Is a word that can substitute for a noun.
English is a rich language. There's usually more than one way to say just about anything. For instance, 'fowl' is another word for 'bird'. Pussy could have said to Owl, "You elegant bird," and meant exactly the same thing. Except, that wouldn't have rhymed. Oops!
The personal pronoun 'you', that refers to the Owl, is the second person singular, in the nominative case. All that means is, Pussy's talking to him, there's one of him and he's the subject of the sentence.
'Us' is the objective case form of the first person plural pronoun. In other words, the object of the sentence is more than one person. In this case, the object of the sentence is Pussy and Owl together.
On the other hand, 'we' is the nominative or subjective case form of the first person plural pronoun. In other words, the subject of the sentence is more than one person, and one of them is speaking. In this case, the subject of the sentence is Pussy and Owl together.
'They' is the nominative case form of the third person plural pronoun. It is referring to more than one person or thing, neither of them being the speaker (first person) or the person being addressed (second person).
A bong is a big, booming sound. I'm not quite sure what a bong-tree may be. Is it a tree that bongs grow on? Hmmm. That's a mind-bending idea! Or is it a tree that makes a bong sound? Either way, I'm glad there are no bong-trees in the land where I live!
'Piggy-wig' is a silly name for a pig. What can I say?
A ring is a circle. In this case, a ring is a circular piece of jewelry that you wear on your finger, especially a wedding ring that shows you're married. Unless you're a piggy-wig, in which case you wear it at the end of your nose.
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