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Who played with a Dangerous Toy, and suffered a Catastrophe
of considerable Dimensions.
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PoemLine("L0", "", "When George's Grandmamma was told ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That George had been as good as gold, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She promised in the afternoon ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To buy him an Immense Balloon. ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "And so she did; but when it came, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "It got into the candle flame, ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "And being of a dangerous sort ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Exploded with a loud report! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The lights went out! The windows broke! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The room was filled with reeking smoke. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And in the darkness shrieks and yells ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Were mingled with electric bells, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And falling masonry and groans, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And crunching, as of broken bones, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And dreadful shrieks, when, worst of all, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The house itself began to fall! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "It tottered, shuddering to and fro, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then crashed into the street below— ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Which happened to be Savile Row. ", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "When help arrived, among the dead ", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "Were Cousin Mary, Little Fred, ", "") ?>
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PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Footmen (both of them), ", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L4", "", ". . . . the Groom, ", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "The man that cleaned the Billiard-Room, ", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "The Chaplain, and ", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L4", "", ". . . .the Still-Room Maid. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And I am dreadfully afraid ", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "That Monsieur Champignon, the Chef, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Will now be permanently deaf—", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "And both his aides are much the same; ", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "While George, who was in part to blame, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Received, you will regret to hear, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A nasty lump behind the ear. ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The moral is that little boys ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Should not be given dangerous toys. ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>