Cautionary Tales for Children

d been as good as Gold,
She Promised in the Afternoon
To buy him an _Immense BALLOON_.

And

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so she did; but when it came,
It got into the candle flame,
And being of a dangerous sort
Exploded

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with a loud report!

The Lights went out! The Windows broke!
The Room was filled with reeking smoke.
And in the darkness shrieks and yells
Were mingled with Electric Bells,
And falling masonry and groans,
And crunching, as of broken bones,
And dreadful shrieks, when, worst of all,
The House itself began to fall!
It tottered, shuddering to and fro,
Then crashed into the street below--
Which happened to be Savile Row.

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When Help arrived, among the Dead

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Were

Cousin Mary,

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Little Fred,

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The Footmen

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(both of them),

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The Gro