A nursery rhyme is a short poem for children. Nursery rhymes are usually about silly things.
Humpty Dumpty is an example of a nursery rhyme.
The most popular part of the rhyme is:
"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."
In this nursery rhyme, Humpty Dumpty is an egg that falls off of a wall. He breaks when he falls.
People try to fix him, but they cannot.
People try to fix him, but they cannot.