Little Miss Muffet (Nursery Rhyme)

Summary


Little Miss Muffet is a short nursery rhyme that captures a simple, relatable moment of fright — a girl quietly sitting on a tuffet, enjoying her curds and whey, when an uninvited spider settles in beside her and sends her running. With its bouncy rhythm and vivid little scene, the rhyme packs surprise and humour into just a few lines, making it one of the most memorable and widely recited verses for young children.


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Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey;
There came a big spider,
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away


Credits

Ririro is the in-house publishing name for Ririro.com, a platform dedicated to making beloved stories, poems, and nursery rhymes freely accessible online. Little Miss Muffet is a traditional English nursery rhyme with roots stretching back to at least 1805, when it first appeared in print in Songs for the Nursery.