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The most important thing we've learned	A
So far as children are concerned	A
Is never NEVER NEVER let	B
Them near your television set	B
Or better still just don't install	C
The idiotic thing at all	C
In almost every house we've been	D
We've watched them gaping at the screen	E
They loll and slop and lounge about	F
And stare until their eyes pop out	F
Last week in someone's place we saw	G
A dozen eyeballs on the floor	H
They sit and stare and stare and sit	I
Until they're hypnotised by it	I
Until they're absolutely drunk	J
With all that shocking ghastly junk	J
Oh yes we know it keeps them still	K
They don't climb out the window sill	K
They never fight or kick or punch	L
They leave you free to cook the lunch	L
And wash the dishes in the sink	M
But did you ever stop to think	M
To wonder just exactly what	N
This does to your beloved tot	O
IT ROTS THE SENSE IN THE HEAD	P
IT KILLS IMAGINATION DEAD	P
IT CLOGS AND CLUTTERS UP THE MIND	Q
IT MAKES A CHILD SO DULL AND BLIND	Q
HE CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND	R
A FANTASY A FAIRYLAND	R
HIS BRAIN BECOMES AS SOFT AS CHEESE	S
HIS POWERS OF THINKING RUST AND FREEZE	S
HE CANNOT THINK HE ONLY SEES	S
'All right ' you'll cry 'All right ' you'll say	T
'But if we take the set away	T
What shall we do to entertain	U
Our darling children Please explain '	V
We'll answer this by asking you	W
'What used the darling ones to do	W
'How used they keep themselves contented	X
Before this monster was invented '	V
Have you forgotten Don't you know	Y
We'll say it very loud and slow	Y
THEY USED TO READ They'd READ and READ	P
AND READ and READ and then proceed	Z
To READ some more Great Scott Gadzooks	T
One half their lives was reading books	T
The nursery shelves held books galore	H
Books cluttered up the nursery floor	H
And in the bedroom by the bed	P
More books were waiting to be read	P
Such wondrous fine fantastic tales	T
Of dragons gypsies queens and whales	T
And treasure isles and distant shores	T
Where smugglers rowed with muffled oars	T
And pirates wearing purple pants	T
And sailing ships and elephants	T
And cannibals crouching 'round the pot	O
Stirring away at something hot	O
It smells so good what can it be	A2
Good gracious it's Penelope	A2
The younger ones had Beatrix Potter	B2
With Mr Tod the dirty rotter	B2
And Squirrel Nutkin Pigling Bland	R
And Mrs Tiggy Winkle and	C2
Just How The Camel Got His Hump	D2
And How the Monkey Lost His Rump	D2
And Mr Toad and bless my soul	E2
There's Mr Rat and Mr Mole	E2
Oh books what books they used to know	Y
Those children living long ago	Y
So please oh please we beg we pray	T
Go throw your TV set away	T
And in its place you can install	C
A lovely bookshelf on the wall	C
Then fill the shelves with lots of books	T
Ignoring all the dirty looks	T
The screams and yells the bites and kicks	T
And children hitting you with sticks	T
Fear not because we promise you	W
That in about a week or two	W
Of having nothing else to do	W
They'll now begin to feel the need	Z
Of having something to read	P
And once they start oh boy oh boy	F2
You watch the slowly growing joy	F2
That fills their hearts They'll grow so keen	E
They'll wonder what they'd ever seen	E
In that ridiculous machine	E
That nauseating foul unclean	E
Repulsive television screen	E
And later each and every kid	G2
Will love you more for what you did	G2

Roald Dahl

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