Excerpt from The House That Jack Built: A Diverting Story for Children of All Ages, to Which Is Added Some Account of Jack Jingle; Shewing by Which Means He Acquired His Learning, and in Consequence Thereof Got Rich and Built Himself a House Thisis the Dog, that worried the Cat, that killed the Rat, that eat the Malt, that lay in the Hoofe that 74d built. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.