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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Bad Child's Book of Beasts, by Hilaire Belloc This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Bad Child's Book of Beasts Author: Hilaire Belloc Illustrator: Ian Basil Gawaine Temple, Lord. Blackwood Release Date: November 6, 2008 [EBook #27175] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS *** Produced by Chris Curnow, Joseph Cooper, some images courtesy of The Internet Archive and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration] THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS Verses by H. BELLOC Pictures by B. T. B. DUCKWORTH, 3 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN Child! do not throw this book about; Refrain from the unholy pleasure Of cutting all the pictures out! Preserve it as your chiefest treasure. Child, have you never heard it said That you are heir to all the ages? Why, then, your hands were never made To tear these beautiful thick pages! Your little hands were made to take The better things and leave the worse ones. They also may be used to shake The Massive Paws of Elder Persons. And when your prayers complete the day, Darling, your little tiny hands Were also made, I think, to pray For men that lose their fairylands. _Made and Printed in Great Britain by The Camelot Press Limited, London and Southampton_ DEDICATION To Master EVELYN BELL Of Oxford Evelyn Bell, I love you well. [Illustration] INTRODUCTION I CALL you bad, my little child, Upon the title page, Because a manner rude and wild Is common at your age. The Moral of this priceless work (If rightly understood) Will make you--from a little Turk-- Unnaturally good. Do not as evil children
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