Cautionary Tales for Children Part 5

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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.