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Little Fred,
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The Footmen
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(both of them),
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The Groom,
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The man that cleaned the Billiard-Room,
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The Chaplain, and
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The Still-Room Maid.
And I am dreadfully afraid That Monsieur Champignon, the Chef, Will now be
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permanently deaf-- And both his Aides
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are much the same; While George, who was in part to blame, Received, you will regret to hear, A nasty lump
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behind the ear.
MORAL
The moral is that little Boys Should not be given dangerous Toys.
CHARLES AUGUSTUS FORTESCUE,
_Who always Did what was Right, and so acc.u.mulated an Immense Fortune._
The nicest child I ever knew Was Charles Augustus Fortescue.
He never lost his cap, or tore His stockings or his pinafore: In eating Bread he made no Crumbs, He was extremely fond of sums,
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To which, however, he preferred The Parsing of a Latin Word-- He sought, when it was in his power, For information twice an hour, And as for finding Mutton-Fat Unappetising, far from that!
He often, at his Father"s Board, Would beg them, of his own accord,
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To give him, if they did not mind, The Greasiest Morsels they could find-- His Later Years did not belie The Promise of his Infancy.
In Public Life he always tried To take a judgment Broad and Wide;
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In Private, none was more than he Renowned for quiet courtesy.
He rose at once in his Career, And long before his Fortieth Year Had wedded Fifi,
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Only Child Of Bunyan, First Lord Aberfylde.
He thus became immensely Rich, And built the Splendid Mansion which Is called
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_"The Cedars, Muswell Hill,"_ Where he resides in Affluence still To show what Everybody might Become by
SIMPLY DOING RIGHT.