A CAUTIONARY VERSE
by Hilaire Belloc
Always a good source for unusual subjects. One of the most famous cautionary tale writers at least for children is Hilaire Belloc. The one I most like is about Henry KingChewing little bits of string. At last he swallowed
Itself in ugly knots inside.
Physicians of the Utmost Fame
Were called at once; but when they came
They answered, as they took their fees,
"there is no cure for this disease.
Henry will very soon be dead."
His parents stood about his bed
Lamenting his Untimely death
When henry, with his latest breath
Cried- "oh my friends be warned by me,
That breakfast dinner lunch and tea
Are all the human frame requires"
With that the wretched child expires
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