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Cautionary Tales for Children - Hilaire Belloc




Franklin Hyde

Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by His Uncle
[Illustration] from Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc

His Uncle came on Franklin Hyde

Carousing in the Dirt.

He Shook him hard from Side to Side

And Hit him till it Hurt,

[Illustration] from Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc

Exclaiming with a Final Thud

"Take that! Abandoned Boy!

[Illustration] from Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc

For playing with Disgusting Mud

As though it were a Toy!"

MORAL:

From Franklin Hyde’s adventure, learn

To pass your Leisure Time

In Cleanly Merriment, and turn

From Mud and Oose and Slime

[Illustration] from Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc

And every form of Nastiness—

But, on the other Hand,

Children in ordinary Dress

May always play with Sand.