- 1. The Fragment
Towards the evening of her splendid day
Those who are little children now shall say
(Finding this verse),'Who wrote it, Juliet?'
And Juliet answer gently, 'I forget.'
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- 2. Introduction: The Bad Child's Book Of Beasts
I call you bad, my little child,
Upon the title page,
Because a manner rude and wild
Is common at your age.
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- 3. Cautionary Tales For Children: Introduction
And is it True? It is not True.
And if it were it wouldnâ??t do,
For people such as me and you
Who pretty nearly all day long
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- 4. The Yak
As a friend to the children
Commend me the Yak.
You will find it exactly the thing:
It will carry and fetch, you can ride on its back,
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- 5. Rebecca
Who Slammed Doors For Fun And Perished Miserably
A trick that everyone abhors
In little girls is slamming doors.
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- 6. Jim
There was a Boy whose name was Jim;
His Friends were very good to him.
They gave him Tea, and Cakes, and Jam,
And slices of delicious Ham,
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- 7. Introduction: More Beasts For Worse Children
The parents of the learned child
(His father and his mother)
Were utterly aghast to note
The facts he would at random quote
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- 8. Introduction: The Bad Child's Book Of Beasts
I call you bad, my little child,
Upon the title page,
Because a manner rude and wild
Is common at your age.
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- 9. Franklin Hyde
Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by His Uncle.
His Uncle came upon Franklin Hyde
Carousing in the Dirt.
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