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Cautionary Tales for Children

Cautionary Tales for Children by Hilaire Belloc



Below are Cautionary Tales for Children, words of warning through poetry. These poems and stories tell of not so pleasant things that can occur when people make poor choice. If you know of other poems that have a cautionary moral, let us know and we'll put it up.


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Cautionary Tales for Children 

  • Jim, Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion.
  • Henry King, Who chewed bits of String, and was early cut off in Dreadful Agonies.
  • Matilda, Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death.
  • Franklin Hyde, Who caroused in the Dirt and was corrected by His Uncle.
  • Godolphin Horne
  • Algernon, Who played with a Loaded Gun, and, on missing his Sister was reprimanded by his Father
  • The Mouse and the Cake by Eliza Cook
  • Stargazer by Unknown Author
  • The Adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash
  • Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt
  • I Won't by Juliana Ewing
  • Darius Green and His Flying-Machine by John Trowbridge
  • Mother Tabbyskins by Elizabeth Hart
  • Two Little Kittens by Jane Taylor
  • Little Orphant Annie by James Whitcomb Riley
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