قراءة كتاب What became of Them? and, The Conceited Little Pig
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اللغة: English
الصفحة رقم: 3
“What does it matter?”
“’Tis only the bite that I bade you beware of,
Besides, your own ear you can surely take care of!
I wonder to hear you consulting another,
Especially me, your poor ignorant mother!”
Besides, your own ear you can surely take care of!
I wonder to hear you consulting another,
Especially me, your poor ignorant mother!”
All this time little Piggy was crying and screaming,
And over his cheeks the salt tears were streaming,
And sadly he grieved as he cast his eyes round,
And saw all his brothers with ears safe and sound.
And over his cheeks the salt tears were streaming,
And sadly he grieved as he cast his eyes round,
And saw all his brothers with ears safe and sound.
You’ll think after this he was prudent and wise,
And loved his good mother and took her advice,
You’ll think he began his bad ways to forsake,
But this, I assure you, is all a mistake.
And loved his good mother and took her advice,
You’ll think he began his bad ways to forsake,
But this, I assure you, is all a mistake.
For still he was naughty, as naughty could be:
And as often was punished—then, sorry was he;
But as soon as he fairly was rid of the pain,
He forgot all about it, and did wrong again.
And as often was punished—then, sorry was he;
But as soon as he fairly was rid of the pain,
He forgot all about it, and did wrong again.
It happened one day, as the other pigs tell,
In the course of their walk they drew near to a well;
So wide and so deep, with so smooth a wall round,
If a pig tumbled in, he was sure to be drowned.
In the course of their walk they drew near to a well;
So wide and so deep, with so smooth a wall round,
If a pig tumbled in, he was sure to be drowned.
So the mother stopped two, who were running a race,
Saying, “Children, take care, ’tis a dangerous place!
Walk soberly on till you’re safe past the water.”
“Why, ’tis but a well, and pray, what does it matter?”
Saying, “Children, take care, ’tis a dangerous place!
Walk soberly on till you’re safe past the water.”
“Why, ’tis but a well, and pray, what does it matter?”
Said the obstinate animal, foolish as ever,
But thinking himself very cunning and clever.
He made up his mind that whatever befell
He would run on before, and jump over this well.
But thinking himself very cunning and clever.
He made up his mind that whatever befell
He would run on before, and jump over this well.
“For,” says he, “cats and dogs can jump ever so high,
And frogs live in the water, and why should not I?
I suppose they’ll allow I’m as wise as a frog,
And I’ll very soon show I can jump like a dog.”
And frogs live in the water, and why should not I?
I suppose they’ll allow I’m as wise as a frog,
And I’ll very soon show I can jump like a dog.”
Away scampered he to the mouth of the well,
Climbed up to the top, missed his footing and fell.
From the bottom he set up a pitiful shout,
“O mother, I’m in, and I cannot get
Climbed up to the top, missed his footing and fell.
From the bottom he set up a pitiful shout,
“O mother, I’m in, and I cannot get