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"Matilda" by Hilaire Belloc

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Uploaded by on Aug 15, 2008

A comical but cautionary poem about a little girl who told lies and as a consequence was burned to death.

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  • Thanks for this; it is a favorite from my youth.

  • Mine too. His Capitalisation amuses me. Defective behaviour in children all to often condemns them to premature and gruesome fate. Someone defined humour as "the defence the mind takes against tragedy". See also Jim, Rebecca and Godolphin Horne.

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  • I had to learn this of by heart to recite this to the school!!!!!!

  • Belloc has taken me a thousand ways to Rome... a trusted companion. You do him justice, sir. Thank you.

  • that vioce is SUPER SCARY!

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