StoryTitle("caps", "Jim") ?>
Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion.
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PoemLine("L0", "", "There was a Boy whose name was Jim;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "His Friends were very good to him.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They gave him Tea, and Cakes, and Jam,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And slices of delicious Ham,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And Chocolate with pink inside", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And little Tricycles to ride,", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "And read him Stories through and through,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And even took him to the Zoo—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But there it was the dreadful Fate", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Befell him, which I now relate.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "You know—or at least you ought to know,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For I have often told you so—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That Children never are allowed", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To leave their Nurses in a Crowd;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Now this was Jim's especial Foible,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He ran away when he was able,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And on this inauspicious day", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He slipped his hand and ran away!", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "He hadn't gone a yard when—Bang!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "With open Jaws, a lion sprang,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And hungrily began to eat", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Boy: beginning at his feet.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Now, just imagine how it feels", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When first your toes and then your heels,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And then by gradual degrees,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Your shins and ankles, calves and knees,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Are slowly eaten, bit by bit.", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "No wonder Jim detested it!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "No wonder that he shouted \"Hi!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Honest Keeper heard his cry,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Though very fat he almost ran", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To help the little gentleman.", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "\"Ponto!\" he ordered as he came", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "(For Ponto was the Lion's name),", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"Ponto!\" he cried, with angry Frown,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "\"Let go, Sir! Down, Sir! Put it down!\"", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "The Lion made a sudden stop,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He let the Dainty Morsel drop,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And slunk reluctant to his Cage,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Snarling with Disappointed Rage.", "") ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "But when he bent him over Jim,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Honest Keeper's Eyes were dim.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Lion having reached his Head,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Miserable Boy was dead!", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
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PoemLine("L0", "", "When Nurse informed his Parents, they", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Were more Concerned than I can say:—", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "His Mother, as She dried her eyes,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Said, \"Well—it gives me no surprise,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "He would not do as he was told!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "His Father, who was self-controlled,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Bade all the children round attend", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "To James's miserable end,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And always keep a-hold of Nurse", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For fear of finding something worse.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>