We begin with an article in the Daily Express (U.K.) in which the BBC defends its decision to change the ending of the nursery rhyme:
A version used on the CBeebies channel was altered so rather than "couldn't put Humpty together again" all the King's horses "made Humpty happy again."This reportedly wasn't the first such occurrence:
The broadcaster said the change was made purely for creative reasons rather than trying to give a soft version of the rhyme for children.
A spokeswoman said: "We play nursery rhymes with their original lyrics all the time and the small change to Humpty Dumpty was done for no other reason than being creative and entertaining."
He told the newspaper that he had also seen Little Miss Muffet changed on the channel, so that she made friends with the spider instead of running away.But, as I discovered from Wikipedia, the original rhyme does not specify that Humpty Dumpty is an egg...
But the BBC spokeswoman said that alteration was made for similar creative reasons and there was "nothing more to it than that."
- Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
- Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
- All the king's horses,
- And all the king's men,
- Couldn't put Humpty together again.
So the BBC's alteration destroys the original purpose of the poem!
Image credit - and note that in this example the answer to the riddle is written after the poem.
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