Every time the clock strikes a new hour, it can feel like quitting time. But as the little engine that could and the mouse in “Hicky Dickoy Dock” teaches us, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try ...

First published in James Marshall's Mother Goose (1979) and illustrated in his signature style, Marshall's Hickory, Dickory, Dock & Other Mother Goose Rhymes and Hey Diddle Diddle have been broken out ...