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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=410117" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Matilda Who told Lies, and was Burned to Death</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Matilda told such Dreadful Lies,<br>It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes;<br>Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,<br>Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth,<br>Attempted to Believe Matilda:<br>The effort very nearly killed her,<br>And would have done so, had not She<br>Discovered this Infirmity.<br>For once, towards the Close of Day,<br>Matilda, growing tired of play,<br>And finding she was left alone,<br>Went tiptoe to the Telephone<br>And summoned the Immediate Aid<br>Of London's Noble Fire-Brigade.<br>Within an hour the Gallant Band<br>Were pouring in on every hand,<br>From Putney, Hackney Downs, and Bow.<br>With Courage high and Hearts a-glow,<br>They galloped, roaring through the Town,<br>'Matilda's House is Burning Down!'<br>Inspired by British Cheers and Loud<br>Proceeding from the Frenzied Crowd,<br>They ran their ladders through a score<br>Of windows on the Ball Room Floor;<br>And took Peculiar Pains to Souse<br>The Pictures up and down the House,<br>Until Matilda's Aunt succeeded<br>In showing them they were not needed;<br>And even then she had to pay<br>To get the Men to go away, <br>It happened that a few Weeks later<br>Her Aunt was off to the Theatre<br>To see that Interesting Play<br>The Second Mrs. Tanqueray.<br>She had refused to take her Niece<br>To hear this Entertaining Piece:<br>A Deprivation Just and Wise<br>To Punish her for Telling Lies.<br>That Night a Fire did break out--<br>You should have heard Matilda Shout!<br>You should have heard her Scream and Bawl,<br>And throw the window up and call<br>To People passing in the Street--<br>(The rapidly increasing Heat<br>Encouraging her to obtain<br>Their confidnce) -- but all in vain!<br>For every time she shouted 'Fire!'<br>They only answered 'Little Liar!'<br>And therefore when her Aunt returned,<br>Matilda, and the House, were Burned.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Hilaire+Belloc">Hilaire Belloc</a><div class=q>
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It made one Gasp and Stretch one's Eyes;
Her Aunt, who, from her Earliest Youth,
Had kept a Strict Regard for Truth,
Attempted to Believe Matilda:
The effort very nearly killed her,
And would have done so, had not ..."></div>
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