- 1. Merry Stories And Funny Pictures
When the children have been good,
That is, be it understood,
Good at meal-times, good at play,
Good all night and good all day--
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- 2. Sophie Spoilall
I never saw a girl or boy
So prone as Sophie to destroy
Whate'er she laid her hands upon,
Though tough as wood, or hard as stone;
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- 3. The Story Of Romping Polly
"I pray you now, my little child,"
Thus once a kind old lady
Spoke to her niece in accents mild,
"Do try to be more steady.
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- 4. The Dreadful Story Of Pauline And The Matches
Mamma and Nurse went out one day,
And left Pauline alone at play;
Around the room she gayly sprang,
Clapp'd her hands, and danced, and sang.
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- 5. The Story Of Flying Robert
When the rain comes tumbling down
In the country or the town,
All good little girls and boys
Stay at home and mind their toys.
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- 6. The Story Of A Dirty Child
The little girls whom now you'll see
Were sisters in one family;
And both enjoyed an equal share
Of a kind mother's anxious care.
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- 7. Cruel Frederick
Here is cruel Frederick, see!
A horrid wicked boy was he;
He caught the flies, poor little things,
And then tore off their tiny wings,
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- 8. The Little Glutton
Oh! how this Mary loved to eat,--
It was her chief delight;
She would have something, sour or sweet,
To munch from morn till night.
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