...lilting patterns of both rhythm and rhyme. Try reading it aloud to hear the patterns for yourself. ONE, TWO, BUCKle my SHOE; THREE, FOUR, SHUT the DOOR;...STRAIGHT; NINE, TEN, a GOOD fat HEN; eLEVen, TWELVE, DIG and DELVE; THIRteen, FOURteen, MAIDS are COURting; FIFteen, Sixteen, MAIDS in the KITchen; SEVenteen,...

...blow! Go, mill, go! One, Two A reader's theater for four voices All: Reader 1 : All: Reader 2: All: One, two, buckle my shoe. Three, four, shut the door. Five, six, Reader 3: pick up sticks. All: Seven, eight, Reader 4: lay them straight. All: Nine, ten, do it again....