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Here is the (quite scary) Five little ducks song(it is not long):



Five little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only one little duck came back.

One little duck went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but none of the little ducks came back.

Mother duck herself went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
and all of the little ducks came back.


Your task is not to output this song. You should take a verse and output the next verse (the next verse of the last verse is the first verse).



Rules



  • No standard loopholes, please.

  • Input/output will be taken via our standard input/output methods.

  • The exact verse must be outputted, and there should be no differences when compared to the song lyrics. The input will not be different when it is compared to the song lyrics too.

Examples



Mother duck herself went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
and all of the little ducks came back.


Expected:



Five little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only four little ducks came back.



Three little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only two little ducks came back.


Expected:



Two little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only one little duck came back.









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    I remember the words to this being slightly different when I was young, many moons ago. But I also remember being traumatised by it! Where were those missing ducklings for all those days?! Why was nobody out looking for them?! And what sort of irresponsible mother manages to lose so many children and keeps letting the rest of them out to play?! The horror!
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Here is the (quite scary) Five little ducks song(it is not long):



Five little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only one little duck came back.

One little duck went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but none of the little ducks came back.

Mother duck herself went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
and all of the little ducks came back.


Your task is not to output this song. You should take a verse and output the next verse (the next verse of the last verse is the first verse).



Rules



  • No standard loopholes, please.

  • Input/output will be taken via our standard input/output methods.

  • The exact verse must be outputted, and there should be no differences when compared to the song lyrics. The input will not be different when it is compared to the song lyrics too.

Examples



Mother duck herself went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
and all of the little ducks came back.


Expected:



Five little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only four little ducks came back.



Three little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only two little ducks came back.


Expected:



Two little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only one little duck came back.









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    I remember the words to this being slightly different when I was young, many moons ago. But I also remember being traumatised by it! Where were those missing ducklings for all those days?! Why was nobody out looking for them?! And what sort of irresponsible mother manages to lose so many children and keeps letting the rest of them out to play?! The horror!
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Here is the (quite scary) Five little ducks song(it is not long):



Five little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only one little duck came back.

One little duck went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but none of the little ducks came back.

Mother duck herself went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
and all of the little ducks came back.


Your task is not to output this song. You should take a verse and output the next verse (the next verse of the last verse is the first verse).



Rules



  • No standard loopholes, please.

  • Input/output will be taken via our standard input/output methods.

  • The exact verse must be outputted, and there should be no differences when compared to the song lyrics. The input will not be different when it is compared to the song lyrics too.

Examples



Mother duck herself went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
and all of the little ducks came back.


Expected:



Five little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only four little ducks came back.



Three little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only two little ducks came back.


Expected:



Two little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only one little duck came back.









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Here is the (quite scary) Five little ducks song(it is not long):



Five little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only four little ducks came back.

Four little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only three little ducks came back.

Three little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only two little ducks came back.

Two little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only one little duck came back.

One little duck went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but none of the little ducks came back.

Mother duck herself went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
and all of the little ducks came back.


Your task is not to output this song. You should take a verse and output the next verse (the next verse of the last verse is the first verse).



Rules



  • No standard loopholes, please.

  • Input/output will be taken via our standard input/output methods.

  • The exact verse must be outputted, and there should be no differences when compared to the song lyrics. The input will not be different when it is compared to the song lyrics too.

Examples



Mother duck herself went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
and all of the little ducks came back.


Expected:



Five little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only four little ducks came back.



Three little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only two little ducks came back.


Expected:



Two little ducks went out one day,
over the hills and up away.
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",
but only one little duck came back.






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    I remember the words to this being slightly different when I was young, many moons ago. But I also remember being traumatised by it! Where were those missing ducklings for all those days?! Why was nobody out looking for them?! And what sort of irresponsible mother manages to lose so many children and keeps letting the rest of them out to play?! The horror!
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    – Shaggy
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    Possible duplicate. Just kidding :)
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    – Night2
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I remember the words to this being slightly different when I was young, many moons ago. But I also remember being traumatised by it! Where were those missing ducklings for all those days?! Why was nobody out looking for them?! And what sort of irresponsible mother manages to lose so many children and keeps letting the rest of them out to play?! The horror!
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– Shaggy
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I remember the words to this being slightly different when I was young, many moons ago. But I also remember being traumatised by it! Where were those missing ducklings for all those days?! Why was nobody out looking for them?! And what sort of irresponsible mother manages to lose so many children and keeps letting the rest of them out to play?! The horror!
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– Shaggy
8 hours ago




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JavaScript (ES9), 227 bytes



This is similar to the Node version below but uses a formula based on parseInt() instead of Buffer() to identify the input verse.



This is ES2018 (aka ES9) because we're using a regular expression with the /s flag (dotAll).



s=>'Mother duck herself1and all23,,Three4two3,Five4four3,Four4three3,One01but none23,Two4one0'.split`,`[parseInt(s,30)&7].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


Try it online!



How?



In this version, we parse the entire input verse as base 30 (0 to t) and perform a bitwise AND with 7. The parsing stops on the first invalid character, leading to:



 verse | valid part | base 30 -> decimal | AND 7
-------+------------+--------------------+-------
0 | 'fi' | 468 | 4
1 | 'fo' | 474 | 2
2 | 'three' | 23973734 | 6
3 | 't' | 29 | 5
4 | 'one' | 22304 | 0
5 | 'mother' | 554838747 | 3




JavaScript (Node.js),  233 231  227 bytes



Saved 2 bytes thanks to @Shaggy



s=>'Three4two3,Four4three3,Mother duck herself1and all23,One01but none23,,,Two4one0,,Five4four3'.split`,`[Buffer(s)[2]%9].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


Try it online!



How?



The third character of each input verse can be used as a unique identifier. By taking its ASCII code modulo 9, we get:



 verse | 3rd char. | ASCII code | MOD 9
-------+-----------+------------+-------
0 | 'v' | 118 | 1
1 | 'u' | 117 | 0
2 | 'r' | 114 | 6
3 | 'o' | 111 | 3
4 | 'e' | 101 | 2
5 | 't' | 116 | 8


The output verses are encoded with the following templates:



 verse | template
-------+---------------------------------
0 | 'Five4four3'
1 | 'Four4three3'
2 | 'Three4two3'
3 | 'Two4one0'
4 | 'One01but none23'
5 | 'Mother duck herself1and all23'


Where each digit is replaced with a string according to the following table:



 digit | replaced with
-------+---------------------------------------------------
0 | ' little duck'
1 | / w.*n/s.exec(s)
2 | ' of the'
3 | ' little ducks'
4 | ' little ducks' + / w.*n/s.exec(s) + 'but only '


Where the regular expression / w.*n/s extracts this common part from the input:



 went out one day,[LF]
over the hills and up away.[LF]
Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",[LF]


We finally add the last 11 characters of the input, which is " came back.".






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QuadR, 257 242 bytes



-14 thanks to Black Owl Kai, -1 thanks to Kevin Cruijssen





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One little( duck)
Mother( duck) herself
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Python 3, 267 263 bytes



4 bytes saved thanks to @ovs





def f(s):
for a in zip(T[2:]+T,T):s=s.replace(*a)
return s
T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
T=T.split(',')


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Works by replacing the relevant parts by the respective parts of the next verse.



After the loop in line 5, T is 8,9,Five little ducks,but only four little ducks,Mother duck herself,and all of the little ducks,One little duck,but none of the little ducks,Two little ducks,but only one little duck,Three little ducks,but only two little ducks,Four little ducks,but only three little ducks.



Alternative Python 2, 261 bytes



by @ovs



lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T[2:]+T,T),s)
T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
T=T.split(',')


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PHP (7.4), 253 bytes





<?=strtr($argv[1],array_combine($a=[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l,Four.$l,$b.three.$l,Three.$l,$b.two.$l,Two.$l,$b.one.$o,One.$o,"but none of the$l","Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"],[...array_slice($a,2),$a[0],$a[1]]));


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This creates an array of every possible replacement (12 in total) in a key=>value format. Example: ['Mother duck herself' => 'Five little ducks', etc...] and then just replaces those using strtr.



The only interesting thing is my first ever usage of "Unpacking inside arrays" which is a new feature in PHP 7.4.





PHP, 264 bytes





<?=str_replace(($a=[[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l],[Four.$l,$b.three.$l],[Three.$l,$b.two.$l],[Two.$l,$b.one.$o],[One.$o,"but none of the$l"],["Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"]])[$i=strpos(vuroet,($v=$argv[1])[2])],$a[++$i%6],$v);


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I have stored different words of each verse in an array. I find which verse the input is using third character of the input as it is unique (vuroet). Then I simply replace different words of that verse with different words of the next verse.






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    DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)SELECT @=v FROM i
    SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))FROM string_split(REPLACE(REPLACE('e.but none.and all-e.One1.2-o.only one1.none of the1s-o.Two1s.One1-r.two1s.one1-r.Three.Two-u.three.two-u.Four.Three-v.four.three-v.Five.Four-t.and all of the.but only four-t.2.Five1s',1,' little duck'),2,'Mother duck herself'),'-')WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)PRINT @


    Input is via a pre-existing table $i$ with VARCHAR(MAX) field $v$, per our IO rules.



    After a couple of space-saving string replacements, the code looks something like this (formatted for easier understanding):



    DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)
    SELECT @=v FROM i
    SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))
    FROM string_split('e.but none.and all
    -e.One little duck.Mother duck herself
    -o.only one little duck.none of the little ducks
    -o.Two little ducks.One little duck
    -r.two little ducks.one little duck
    -r.Three.Two
    -u.three.two
    -u.Four.Three
    -v.four.three
    -v.Five.Four
    -t.and all of the.but only four
    -t.Mother duck herself.Five little ducks','-')
    WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)
    PRINT @


    STRING_SPLIT and PARSENAME are used to break a string into rows and columns via - and . separators.



    The first column is a key character that is matched against the 3rd letter of the input verse (thanks for the idea, @Night2). The second and third are the replacements being performed for that verse.






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      This is similar to the Node version below but uses a formula based on parseInt() instead of Buffer() to identify the input verse.



      This is ES2018 (aka ES9) because we're using a regular expression with the /s flag (dotAll).



      s=>'Mother duck herself1and all23,,Three4two3,Five4four3,Four4three3,One01but none23,Two4one0'.split`,`[parseInt(s,30)&7].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


      Try it online!



      How?



      In this version, we parse the entire input verse as base 30 (0 to t) and perform a bitwise AND with 7. The parsing stops on the first invalid character, leading to:



       verse | valid part | base 30 -> decimal | AND 7
      -------+------------+--------------------+-------
      0 | 'fi' | 468 | 4
      1 | 'fo' | 474 | 2
      2 | 'three' | 23973734 | 6
      3 | 't' | 29 | 5
      4 | 'one' | 22304 | 0
      5 | 'mother' | 554838747 | 3




      JavaScript (Node.js),  233 231  227 bytes



      Saved 2 bytes thanks to @Shaggy



      s=>'Three4two3,Four4three3,Mother duck herself1and all23,One01but none23,,,Two4one0,,Five4four3'.split`,`[Buffer(s)[2]%9].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


      Try it online!



      How?



      The third character of each input verse can be used as a unique identifier. By taking its ASCII code modulo 9, we get:



       verse | 3rd char. | ASCII code | MOD 9
      -------+-----------+------------+-------
      0 | 'v' | 118 | 1
      1 | 'u' | 117 | 0
      2 | 'r' | 114 | 6
      3 | 'o' | 111 | 3
      4 | 'e' | 101 | 2
      5 | 't' | 116 | 8


      The output verses are encoded with the following templates:



       verse | template
      -------+---------------------------------
      0 | 'Five4four3'
      1 | 'Four4three3'
      2 | 'Three4two3'
      3 | 'Two4one0'
      4 | 'One01but none23'
      5 | 'Mother duck herself1and all23'


      Where each digit is replaced with a string according to the following table:



       digit | replaced with
      -------+---------------------------------------------------
      0 | ' little duck'
      1 | / w.*n/s.exec(s)
      2 | ' of the'
      3 | ' little ducks'
      4 | ' little ducks' + / w.*n/s.exec(s) + 'but only '


      Where the regular expression / w.*n/s extracts this common part from the input:



       went out one day,[LF]
      over the hills and up away.[LF]
      Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",[LF]


      We finally add the last 11 characters of the input, which is " came back.".






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      JavaScript (ES9), 227 bytes



      This is similar to the Node version below but uses a formula based on parseInt() instead of Buffer() to identify the input verse.



      This is ES2018 (aka ES9) because we're using a regular expression with the /s flag (dotAll).



      s=>'Mother duck herself1and all23,,Three4two3,Five4four3,Four4three3,One01but none23,Two4one0'.split`,`[parseInt(s,30)&7].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


      Try it online!



      How?



      In this version, we parse the entire input verse as base 30 (0 to t) and perform a bitwise AND with 7. The parsing stops on the first invalid character, leading to:



       verse | valid part | base 30 -> decimal | AND 7
      -------+------------+--------------------+-------
      0 | 'fi' | 468 | 4
      1 | 'fo' | 474 | 2
      2 | 'three' | 23973734 | 6
      3 | 't' | 29 | 5
      4 | 'one' | 22304 | 0
      5 | 'mother' | 554838747 | 3




      JavaScript (Node.js),  233 231  227 bytes



      Saved 2 bytes thanks to @Shaggy



      s=>'Three4two3,Four4three3,Mother duck herself1and all23,One01but none23,,,Two4one0,,Five4four3'.split`,`[Buffer(s)[2]%9].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


      Try it online!



      How?



      The third character of each input verse can be used as a unique identifier. By taking its ASCII code modulo 9, we get:



       verse | 3rd char. | ASCII code | MOD 9
      -------+-----------+------------+-------
      0 | 'v' | 118 | 1
      1 | 'u' | 117 | 0
      2 | 'r' | 114 | 6
      3 | 'o' | 111 | 3
      4 | 'e' | 101 | 2
      5 | 't' | 116 | 8


      The output verses are encoded with the following templates:



       verse | template
      -------+---------------------------------
      0 | 'Five4four3'
      1 | 'Four4three3'
      2 | 'Three4two3'
      3 | 'Two4one0'
      4 | 'One01but none23'
      5 | 'Mother duck herself1and all23'


      Where each digit is replaced with a string according to the following table:



       digit | replaced with
      -------+---------------------------------------------------
      0 | ' little duck'
      1 | / w.*n/s.exec(s)
      2 | ' of the'
      3 | ' little ducks'
      4 | ' little ducks' + / w.*n/s.exec(s) + 'but only '


      Where the regular expression / w.*n/s extracts this common part from the input:



       went out one day,[LF]
      over the hills and up away.[LF]
      Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",[LF]


      We finally add the last 11 characters of the input, which is " came back.".






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      JavaScript (ES9), 227 bytes



      This is similar to the Node version below but uses a formula based on parseInt() instead of Buffer() to identify the input verse.



      This is ES2018 (aka ES9) because we're using a regular expression with the /s flag (dotAll).



      s=>'Mother duck herself1and all23,,Three4two3,Five4four3,Four4three3,One01but none23,Two4one0'.split`,`[parseInt(s,30)&7].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


      Try it online!



      How?



      In this version, we parse the entire input verse as base 30 (0 to t) and perform a bitwise AND with 7. The parsing stops on the first invalid character, leading to:



       verse | valid part | base 30 -> decimal | AND 7
      -------+------------+--------------------+-------
      0 | 'fi' | 468 | 4
      1 | 'fo' | 474 | 2
      2 | 'three' | 23973734 | 6
      3 | 't' | 29 | 5
      4 | 'one' | 22304 | 0
      5 | 'mother' | 554838747 | 3




      JavaScript (Node.js),  233 231  227 bytes



      Saved 2 bytes thanks to @Shaggy



      s=>'Three4two3,Four4three3,Mother duck herself1and all23,One01but none23,,,Two4one0,,Five4four3'.split`,`[Buffer(s)[2]%9].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


      Try it online!



      How?



      The third character of each input verse can be used as a unique identifier. By taking its ASCII code modulo 9, we get:



       verse | 3rd char. | ASCII code | MOD 9
      -------+-----------+------------+-------
      0 | 'v' | 118 | 1
      1 | 'u' | 117 | 0
      2 | 'r' | 114 | 6
      3 | 'o' | 111 | 3
      4 | 'e' | 101 | 2
      5 | 't' | 116 | 8


      The output verses are encoded with the following templates:



       verse | template
      -------+---------------------------------
      0 | 'Five4four3'
      1 | 'Four4three3'
      2 | 'Three4two3'
      3 | 'Two4one0'
      4 | 'One01but none23'
      5 | 'Mother duck herself1and all23'


      Where each digit is replaced with a string according to the following table:



       digit | replaced with
      -------+---------------------------------------------------
      0 | ' little duck'
      1 | / w.*n/s.exec(s)
      2 | ' of the'
      3 | ' little ducks'
      4 | ' little ducks' + / w.*n/s.exec(s) + 'but only '


      Where the regular expression / w.*n/s extracts this common part from the input:



       went out one day,[LF]
      over the hills and up away.[LF]
      Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",[LF]


      We finally add the last 11 characters of the input, which is " came back.".






      share|improve this answer











      $endgroup$



      JavaScript (ES9), 227 bytes



      This is similar to the Node version below but uses a formula based on parseInt() instead of Buffer() to identify the input verse.



      This is ES2018 (aka ES9) because we're using a regular expression with the /s flag (dotAll).



      s=>'Mother duck herself1and all23,,Three4two3,Five4four3,Four4three3,One01but none23,Two4one0'.split`,`[parseInt(s,30)&7].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


      Try it online!



      How?



      In this version, we parse the entire input verse as base 30 (0 to t) and perform a bitwise AND with 7. The parsing stops on the first invalid character, leading to:



       verse | valid part | base 30 -> decimal | AND 7
      -------+------------+--------------------+-------
      0 | 'fi' | 468 | 4
      1 | 'fo' | 474 | 2
      2 | 'three' | 23973734 | 6
      3 | 't' | 29 | 5
      4 | 'one' | 22304 | 0
      5 | 'mother' | 554838747 | 3




      JavaScript (Node.js),  233 231  227 bytes



      Saved 2 bytes thanks to @Shaggy



      s=>'Three4two3,Four4three3,Mother duck herself1and all23,One01but none23,,,Two4one0,,Five4four3'.split`,`[Buffer(s)[2]%9].replace(/d/g,n=>[x=' little duck',y=/ w.*n/s.exec(s),' of the',x+='s',x+y+'but only '][n])+s.slice(-11)


      Try it online!



      How?



      The third character of each input verse can be used as a unique identifier. By taking its ASCII code modulo 9, we get:



       verse | 3rd char. | ASCII code | MOD 9
      -------+-----------+------------+-------
      0 | 'v' | 118 | 1
      1 | 'u' | 117 | 0
      2 | 'r' | 114 | 6
      3 | 'o' | 111 | 3
      4 | 'e' | 101 | 2
      5 | 't' | 116 | 8


      The output verses are encoded with the following templates:



       verse | template
      -------+---------------------------------
      0 | 'Five4four3'
      1 | 'Four4three3'
      2 | 'Three4two3'
      3 | 'Two4one0'
      4 | 'One01but none23'
      5 | 'Mother duck herself1and all23'


      Where each digit is replaced with a string according to the following table:



       digit | replaced with
      -------+---------------------------------------------------
      0 | ' little duck'
      1 | / w.*n/s.exec(s)
      2 | ' of the'
      3 | ' little ducks'
      4 | ' little ducks' + / w.*n/s.exec(s) + 'but only '


      Where the regular expression / w.*n/s extracts this common part from the input:



       went out one day,[LF]
      over the hills and up away.[LF]
      Mother Duck said, "Quack Quack Quack Quack",[LF]


      We finally add the last 11 characters of the input, which is " came back.".







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      QuadR, 257 242 bytes



      -14 thanks to Black Owl Kai, -1 thanks to Kevin Cruijssen





      ive
      Four
      hree
      Two( little duck)s
      One little( duck)
      Mother( duck) herself
      four
      two( little duck)s
      only on(e little duck)
      but none
      and all of the
      our
      Three
      wo
      One1
      Mother1 herself
      Five little1s
      three
      one1
      none of th1s
      and all
      but only four


      Try it online!






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      QuadR, 257 242 bytes



      -14 thanks to Black Owl Kai, -1 thanks to Kevin Cruijssen





      ive
      Four
      hree
      Two( little duck)s
      One little( duck)
      Mother( duck) herself
      four
      two( little duck)s
      only on(e little duck)
      but none
      and all of the
      our
      Three
      wo
      One1
      Mother1 herself
      Five little1s
      three
      one1
      none of th1s
      and all
      but only four


      Try it online!






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      QuadR, 257 242 bytes



      -14 thanks to Black Owl Kai, -1 thanks to Kevin Cruijssen





      ive
      Four
      hree
      Two( little duck)s
      One little( duck)
      Mother( duck) herself
      four
      two( little duck)s
      only on(e little duck)
      but none
      and all of the
      our
      Three
      wo
      One1
      Mother1 herself
      Five little1s
      three
      one1
      none of th1s
      and all
      but only four


      Try it online!






      share|improve this answer











      $endgroup$




      QuadR, 257 242 bytes



      -14 thanks to Black Owl Kai, -1 thanks to Kevin Cruijssen





      ive
      Four
      hree
      Two( little duck)s
      One little( duck)
      Mother( duck) herself
      four
      two( little duck)s
      only on(e little duck)
      but none
      and all of the
      our
      Three
      wo
      One1
      Mother1 herself
      Five little1s
      three
      one1
      none of th1s
      and all
      but only four


      Try it online!







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      answered 5 hours ago









      AdámAdám

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      Python 3, 267 263 bytes



      4 bytes saved thanks to @ovs





      def f(s):
      for a in zip(T[2:]+T,T):s=s.replace(*a)
      return s
      T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
      for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
      T=T.split(',')


      Try it online!



      Works by replacing the relevant parts by the respective parts of the next verse.



      After the loop in line 5, T is 8,9,Five little ducks,but only four little ducks,Mother duck herself,and all of the little ducks,One little duck,but none of the little ducks,Two little ducks,but only one little duck,Three little ducks,but only two little ducks,Four little ducks,but only three little ducks.



      Alternative Python 2, 261 bytes



      by @ovs



      lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T[2:]+T,T),s)
      T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
      for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
      T=T.split(',')


      Try it online!






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      • $begingroup$
        Or lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T,T[-2:]+T),s) for 262 bytes in Python 2.
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        @ovs Thanks, I got it to 263 with reodering some things and using T[2:] instead of T[-2:]
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        5 hours ago















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      $begingroup$


      Python 3, 267 263 bytes



      4 bytes saved thanks to @ovs





      def f(s):
      for a in zip(T[2:]+T,T):s=s.replace(*a)
      return s
      T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
      for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
      T=T.split(',')


      Try it online!



      Works by replacing the relevant parts by the respective parts of the next verse.



      After the loop in line 5, T is 8,9,Five little ducks,but only four little ducks,Mother duck herself,and all of the little ducks,One little duck,but none of the little ducks,Two little ducks,but only one little duck,Three little ducks,but only two little ducks,Four little ducks,but only three little ducks.



      Alternative Python 2, 261 bytes



      by @ovs



      lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T[2:]+T,T),s)
      T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
      for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
      T=T.split(',')


      Try it online!






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      • $begingroup$
        for a in zip(T,T[-2:]+T):s=s.replace(*a) for 264 bytes.
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      • $begingroup$
        Or lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T,T[-2:]+T),s) for 262 bytes in Python 2.
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        @ovs Thanks, I got it to 263 with reodering some things and using T[2:] instead of T[-2:]
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        5 hours ago













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      3







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      Python 3, 267 263 bytes



      4 bytes saved thanks to @ovs





      def f(s):
      for a in zip(T[2:]+T,T):s=s.replace(*a)
      return s
      T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
      for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
      T=T.split(',')


      Try it online!



      Works by replacing the relevant parts by the respective parts of the next verse.



      After the loop in line 5, T is 8,9,Five little ducks,but only four little ducks,Mother duck herself,and all of the little ducks,One little duck,but none of the little ducks,Two little ducks,but only one little duck,Three little ducks,but only two little ducks,Four little ducks,but only three little ducks.



      Alternative Python 2, 261 bytes



      by @ovs



      lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T[2:]+T,T),s)
      T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
      for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
      T=T.split(',')


      Try it online!






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      $endgroup$




      Python 3, 267 263 bytes



      4 bytes saved thanks to @ovs





      def f(s):
      for a in zip(T[2:]+T,T):s=s.replace(*a)
      return s
      T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
      for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
      T=T.split(',')


      Try it online!



      Works by replacing the relevant parts by the respective parts of the next verse.



      After the loop in line 5, T is 8,9,Five little ducks,but only four little ducks,Mother duck herself,and all of the little ducks,One little duck,but none of the little ducks,Two little ducks,but only one little duck,Three little ducks,but only two little ducks,Four little ducks,but only three little ducks.



      Alternative Python 2, 261 bytes



      by @ovs



      lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T[2:]+T,T),s)
      T="8,9,FiveI,Nf4,MotherD herself,and allH,O1,BnoneH,T2,No1,T3,Nt2,F4,Nt3"
      for r in "H of theI,4ourI,3hreeI,2woI,1neL,ILs,L littleD,D duck,NBonly ,Bbut ".split(','):T=T.replace(r[0],r[1:])
      T=T.split(',')


      Try it online!







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      answered 8 hours ago









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      • $begingroup$
        for a in zip(T,T[-2:]+T):s=s.replace(*a) for 264 bytes.
        $endgroup$
        – ovs
        7 hours ago











      • $begingroup$
        Or lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T,T[-2:]+T),s) for 262 bytes in Python 2.
        $endgroup$
        – ovs
        7 hours ago










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        @ovs Thanks, I got it to 263 with reodering some things and using T[2:] instead of T[-2:]
        $endgroup$
        – Black Owl Kai
        5 hours ago
















      • $begingroup$
        for a in zip(T,T[-2:]+T):s=s.replace(*a) for 264 bytes.
        $endgroup$
        – ovs
        7 hours ago











      • $begingroup$
        Or lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T,T[-2:]+T),s) for 262 bytes in Python 2.
        $endgroup$
        – ovs
        7 hours ago










      • $begingroup$
        @ovs Thanks, I got it to 263 with reodering some things and using T[2:] instead of T[-2:]
        $endgroup$
        – Black Owl Kai
        5 hours ago















      $begingroup$
      for a in zip(T,T[-2:]+T):s=s.replace(*a) for 264 bytes.
      $endgroup$
      – ovs
      7 hours ago





      $begingroup$
      for a in zip(T,T[-2:]+T):s=s.replace(*a) for 264 bytes.
      $endgroup$
      – ovs
      7 hours ago













      $begingroup$
      Or lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T,T[-2:]+T),s) for 262 bytes in Python 2.
      $endgroup$
      – ovs
      7 hours ago




      $begingroup$
      Or lambda s:reduce(lambda s,a:s.replace(*a),zip(T,T[-2:]+T),s) for 262 bytes in Python 2.
      $endgroup$
      – ovs
      7 hours ago












      $begingroup$
      @ovs Thanks, I got it to 263 with reodering some things and using T[2:] instead of T[-2:]
      $endgroup$
      – Black Owl Kai
      5 hours ago




      $begingroup$
      @ovs Thanks, I got it to 263 with reodering some things and using T[2:] instead of T[-2:]
      $endgroup$
      – Black Owl Kai
      5 hours ago











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      PHP (7.4), 253 bytes





      <?=strtr($argv[1],array_combine($a=[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l,Four.$l,$b.three.$l,Three.$l,$b.two.$l,Two.$l,$b.one.$o,One.$o,"but none of the$l","Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"],[...array_slice($a,2),$a[0],$a[1]]));


      Try it online!



      This creates an array of every possible replacement (12 in total) in a key=>value format. Example: ['Mother duck herself' => 'Five little ducks', etc...] and then just replaces those using strtr.



      The only interesting thing is my first ever usage of "Unpacking inside arrays" which is a new feature in PHP 7.4.





      PHP, 264 bytes





      <?=str_replace(($a=[[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l],[Four.$l,$b.three.$l],[Three.$l,$b.two.$l],[Two.$l,$b.one.$o],[One.$o,"but none of the$l"],["Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"]])[$i=strpos(vuroet,($v=$argv[1])[2])],$a[++$i%6],$v);


      Try it online!



      I have stored different words of each verse in an array. I find which verse the input is using third character of the input as it is unique (vuroet). Then I simply replace different words of that verse with different words of the next verse.






      share|improve this answer











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        $begingroup$


        PHP (7.4), 253 bytes





        <?=strtr($argv[1],array_combine($a=[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l,Four.$l,$b.three.$l,Three.$l,$b.two.$l,Two.$l,$b.one.$o,One.$o,"but none of the$l","Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"],[...array_slice($a,2),$a[0],$a[1]]));


        Try it online!



        This creates an array of every possible replacement (12 in total) in a key=>value format. Example: ['Mother duck herself' => 'Five little ducks', etc...] and then just replaces those using strtr.



        The only interesting thing is my first ever usage of "Unpacking inside arrays" which is a new feature in PHP 7.4.





        PHP, 264 bytes





        <?=str_replace(($a=[[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l],[Four.$l,$b.three.$l],[Three.$l,$b.two.$l],[Two.$l,$b.one.$o],[One.$o,"but none of the$l"],["Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"]])[$i=strpos(vuroet,($v=$argv[1])[2])],$a[++$i%6],$v);


        Try it online!



        I have stored different words of each verse in an array. I find which verse the input is using third character of the input as it is unique (vuroet). Then I simply replace different words of that verse with different words of the next verse.






        share|improve this answer











        $endgroup$

















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          2







          $begingroup$


          PHP (7.4), 253 bytes





          <?=strtr($argv[1],array_combine($a=[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l,Four.$l,$b.three.$l,Three.$l,$b.two.$l,Two.$l,$b.one.$o,One.$o,"but none of the$l","Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"],[...array_slice($a,2),$a[0],$a[1]]));


          Try it online!



          This creates an array of every possible replacement (12 in total) in a key=>value format. Example: ['Mother duck herself' => 'Five little ducks', etc...] and then just replaces those using strtr.



          The only interesting thing is my first ever usage of "Unpacking inside arrays" which is a new feature in PHP 7.4.





          PHP, 264 bytes





          <?=str_replace(($a=[[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l],[Four.$l,$b.three.$l],[Three.$l,$b.two.$l],[Two.$l,$b.one.$o],[One.$o,"but none of the$l"],["Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"]])[$i=strpos(vuroet,($v=$argv[1])[2])],$a[++$i%6],$v);


          Try it online!



          I have stored different words of each verse in an array. I find which verse the input is using third character of the input as it is unique (vuroet). Then I simply replace different words of that verse with different words of the next verse.






          share|improve this answer











          $endgroup$




          PHP (7.4), 253 bytes





          <?=strtr($argv[1],array_combine($a=[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l,Four.$l,$b.three.$l,Three.$l,$b.two.$l,Two.$l,$b.one.$o,One.$o,"but none of the$l","Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"],[...array_slice($a,2),$a[0],$a[1]]));


          Try it online!



          This creates an array of every possible replacement (12 in total) in a key=>value format. Example: ['Mother duck herself' => 'Five little ducks', etc...] and then just replaces those using strtr.



          The only interesting thing is my first ever usage of "Unpacking inside arrays" which is a new feature in PHP 7.4.





          PHP, 264 bytes





          <?=str_replace(($a=[[Five.$l=($o=" little duck").s,($b="but only ").four.$l],[Four.$l,$b.three.$l],[Three.$l,$b.two.$l],[Two.$l,$b.one.$o],[One.$o,"but none of the$l"],["Mother duck herself","and all of the$l"]])[$i=strpos(vuroet,($v=$argv[1])[2])],$a[++$i%6],$v);


          Try it online!



          I have stored different words of each verse in an array. I find which verse the input is using third character of the input as it is unique (vuroet). Then I simply replace different words of that verse with different words of the next verse.







          share|improve this answer














          share|improve this answer



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          answered 7 hours ago









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              T-SQL, 407 bytes



              DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)SELECT @=v FROM i
              SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))FROM string_split(REPLACE(REPLACE('e.but none.and all-e.One1.2-o.only one1.none of the1s-o.Two1s.One1-r.two1s.one1-r.Three.Two-u.three.two-u.Four.Three-v.four.three-v.Five.Four-t.and all of the.but only four-t.2.Five1s',1,' little duck'),2,'Mother duck herself'),'-')WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)PRINT @


              Input is via a pre-existing table $i$ with VARCHAR(MAX) field $v$, per our IO rules.



              After a couple of space-saving string replacements, the code looks something like this (formatted for easier understanding):



              DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)
              SELECT @=v FROM i
              SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))
              FROM string_split('e.but none.and all
              -e.One little duck.Mother duck herself
              -o.only one little duck.none of the little ducks
              -o.Two little ducks.One little duck
              -r.two little ducks.one little duck
              -r.Three.Two
              -u.three.two
              -u.Four.Three
              -v.four.three
              -v.Five.Four
              -t.and all of the.but only four
              -t.Mother duck herself.Five little ducks','-')
              WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)
              PRINT @


              STRING_SPLIT and PARSENAME are used to break a string into rows and columns via - and . separators.



              The first column is a key character that is matched against the 3rd letter of the input verse (thanks for the idea, @Night2). The second and third are the replacements being performed for that verse.






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                $begingroup$

                T-SQL, 407 bytes



                DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)SELECT @=v FROM i
                SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))FROM string_split(REPLACE(REPLACE('e.but none.and all-e.One1.2-o.only one1.none of the1s-o.Two1s.One1-r.two1s.one1-r.Three.Two-u.three.two-u.Four.Three-v.four.three-v.Five.Four-t.and all of the.but only four-t.2.Five1s',1,' little duck'),2,'Mother duck herself'),'-')WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)PRINT @


                Input is via a pre-existing table $i$ with VARCHAR(MAX) field $v$, per our IO rules.



                After a couple of space-saving string replacements, the code looks something like this (formatted for easier understanding):



                DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)
                SELECT @=v FROM i
                SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))
                FROM string_split('e.but none.and all
                -e.One little duck.Mother duck herself
                -o.only one little duck.none of the little ducks
                -o.Two little ducks.One little duck
                -r.two little ducks.one little duck
                -r.Three.Two
                -u.three.two
                -u.Four.Three
                -v.four.three
                -v.Five.Four
                -t.and all of the.but only four
                -t.Mother duck herself.Five little ducks','-')
                WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)
                PRINT @


                STRING_SPLIT and PARSENAME are used to break a string into rows and columns via - and . separators.



                The first column is a key character that is matched against the 3rd letter of the input verse (thanks for the idea, @Night2). The second and third are the replacements being performed for that verse.






                share|improve this answer









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                  $begingroup$

                  T-SQL, 407 bytes



                  DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)SELECT @=v FROM i
                  SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))FROM string_split(REPLACE(REPLACE('e.but none.and all-e.One1.2-o.only one1.none of the1s-o.Two1s.One1-r.two1s.one1-r.Three.Two-u.three.two-u.Four.Three-v.four.three-v.Five.Four-t.and all of the.but only four-t.2.Five1s',1,' little duck'),2,'Mother duck herself'),'-')WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)PRINT @


                  Input is via a pre-existing table $i$ with VARCHAR(MAX) field $v$, per our IO rules.



                  After a couple of space-saving string replacements, the code looks something like this (formatted for easier understanding):



                  DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)
                  SELECT @=v FROM i
                  SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))
                  FROM string_split('e.but none.and all
                  -e.One little duck.Mother duck herself
                  -o.only one little duck.none of the little ducks
                  -o.Two little ducks.One little duck
                  -r.two little ducks.one little duck
                  -r.Three.Two
                  -u.three.two
                  -u.Four.Three
                  -v.four.three
                  -v.Five.Four
                  -t.and all of the.but only four
                  -t.Mother duck herself.Five little ducks','-')
                  WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)
                  PRINT @


                  STRING_SPLIT and PARSENAME are used to break a string into rows and columns via - and . separators.



                  The first column is a key character that is matched against the 3rd letter of the input verse (thanks for the idea, @Night2). The second and third are the replacements being performed for that verse.






                  share|improve this answer









                  $endgroup$



                  T-SQL, 407 bytes



                  DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)SELECT @=v FROM i
                  SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))FROM string_split(REPLACE(REPLACE('e.but none.and all-e.One1.2-o.only one1.none of the1s-o.Two1s.One1-r.two1s.one1-r.Three.Two-u.three.two-u.Four.Three-v.four.three-v.Five.Four-t.and all of the.but only four-t.2.Five1s',1,' little duck'),2,'Mother duck herself'),'-')WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)PRINT @


                  Input is via a pre-existing table $i$ with VARCHAR(MAX) field $v$, per our IO rules.



                  After a couple of space-saving string replacements, the code looks something like this (formatted for easier understanding):



                  DECLARE @ VARCHAR(MAX)
                  SELECT @=v FROM i
                  SELECT @=REPLACE(@,PARSENAME(value,2),PARSENAME(value,1))
                  FROM string_split('e.but none.and all
                  -e.One little duck.Mother duck herself
                  -o.only one little duck.none of the little ducks
                  -o.Two little ducks.One little duck
                  -r.two little ducks.one little duck
                  -r.Three.Two
                  -u.three.two
                  -u.Four.Three
                  -v.four.three
                  -v.Five.Four
                  -t.and all of the.but only four
                  -t.Mother duck herself.Five little ducks','-')
                  WHERE LEFT(value,1)=SUBSTRING(@,3,1)
                  PRINT @


                  STRING_SPLIT and PARSENAME are used to break a string into rows and columns via - and . separators.



                  The first column is a key character that is matched against the 3rd letter of the input verse (thanks for the idea, @Night2). The second and third are the replacements being performed for that verse.







                  share|improve this answer












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