HENRY KING
by: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)
WHO CHEWED BITS OF STRINGS,
AND WAS EARLY CUT OFF IN DREADFUL AGONIES
 HE Chief
Defect of Henry King
- Was chewing little bits of String.
- At last he swallowed some which tied
- 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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"Henry King" is reprinted
from Cautionary Tales. Hilaire Belloc. 1907. |
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