Ten Little Indians is a nursery rhyme referenced in the 1939 Agatha Christie novel And Then There Were None.
The rhyme:
- Ten little Indian boys went out to dine;
- One choked his little self and then there were nine.
- Nine little Indian boys sat up very late;
- One overslept himself and then there were eight.
- Eight little Indian boys traveling in Devon;
- One said he'd stay there and then there were seven.
- Seven little Indian boys chopping up sticks;
- One chopped himself in halves and then there were six.
- Six little Indian boys playing with a hive;
- A bumblebee stung one and then there were five.
- Five little Indian boys going in for law;
- One got in Chancery and then there were four.
- Four little Indian boys going out to sea;
- A red herring swallowed one and then there were three.
- Three little Indian boys walking in the zoo;
- A big bear hugged one and then there were two.
- Two Little Indian boys sitting in the sun;
- One got frizzled up and then there was one.
- One little Indian boy left all alone;
- He went out and hanged himself and then there were none.