FRANKLIN HYDE

WHO CAROUSED IN DIRT AND WAS CORRECTED BY HIS UNCLE

by: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)

      is Uncle came on Franklin Hyde
      Carousing in the Dirt.
      He Shook him hard from Side to Side
      And Hit him till it Hurt,

      Exclaiming, with a Final Thud,
      "Take that! Abandoned Boy!
      For Playing with Disgusting Mud
      As though it were a Toy!"
      MORAL:
      From Franklin Hyde’s adventure, learn
      To pass your Leisure Time
      In Cleanly Merriment, and turn
      From Mud and Ooze and Slime
      And every form of Nastiness—
      But, on the other Hand,
      Children in ordinary Dress
      May always play with Sand.

"Franklin Hyde" is reprinted from Cautionary Tales for Children. Hilaire Belloc. 1907.

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