I wonder

I wonder what the Jacks have got to laugh and laugh about. I'm sure the worms don't see the joke when Jacky digs them out. I wonder which is best: a rich plum-pudding stuffed with plums, Or lemon ice, or plain boiled rice, or long-division sums. I wonder why I wear a tie. It is not warm to wear; But if I left it off someone would say it was not there. I wonder, if I took a whiff of father's pipe for fun, Would I be big and strong like him, or just his small, sick son? I wonder when our old white hen will know her squawk betrays her. I think she lets us find her eggs 'ust so that we shall praise her.