The document summarizes the classic children's rhyme "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly". It recounts the lines of the rhyme where the old lady sequentially swallows a fly, then a spider to catch the fly, then a bird to catch the spider. It asks if the reader would like more information about flies, spiders or birds or to continue the rhyme.

1. There was an old lady…

2. Who swallowed a…

4. Fly!

5. Fly!

6. Fly!

7. I don’t know why she
swallowed a fly…

8. Perhaps she’ll die!

9. Would you like to find out
more about flies or
continue with the story?
continue

10. There was an old lady
who swallowed a…

11. Spider!!!

12. Spider!!!

13. Spider!!!

14. Spider!!!

15. Spider!!!

16. That wriggled and
wiggled and jiggled
insider her.

17. Would you like to find out
more about spiders or
continue with the story?
continue

18. She swallowed the
spider…

19. To catch the fly…

20. I don’t know why she
swallowed a fly…

21. Perhaps she’ll die!

22. There was an old lady
who swallowed a…

23. Bird!!!

24. Bird!!!

25. Bird!!!

26. How absurd to
swallow a bird!

27. Would you like to find out
more about birds or
continue with the story?
continue

28. She wallowed the
bird…

29. To catch the spider…

30. That wriggled and
wiggled and jiggled
insider her.

31. She swallowed the
spider…

32. To catch the fly…

33. I don’t know why she
swallowed a fly…

34. Perhaps she’ll die!

35. This rhyme tells the story of animals
catching other animals. This isn’t
strictly a food chain though. Click
on the image below to find out
about food chains.