"I spy with my little eye..."

Posted by ESC on January 07, 2006

In Reply to: "I spy with my little eye..." posted by Jacob on January 07, 2006

: "I spy with my little eye..."
: Could anyone explain to me the meaning of this wordplay? And what is the origin of this line?

: Thanks and greetings from Warsaw

It is (in the U.S.) a children's game that has spawned a series of books by Scholastic. (Go to Amazon.com and search under "I spy.") The books have pages full of images for the child to find.

images.amazon.com/ images/P/B00005NN17.01-A1NDBS7YGOPBD6._SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

• "I spy with my little eye..." Victoria S Dennis 07/January/06