<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416959" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mischief</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Let those who're fond of idle tricks,<br>Of throwing stones, and hurling bricks,<br>And all that sort of fun,<br>Now hear a tale of idle Jim, <br>That warning they may take by him, <br>Nor do as he has done. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">In harmless sport or healthful play<br>He did not pass his time away,<br>Nor took his pleasure in it;<br>For mischief was his only joy:<br>No book, or work, or even toy,<br>Could please him for a minute. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A neighbour's house he'd slyly pass,<br>And throw a stone to break the glass,<br>And then enjoy the joke!<br>Or, if a window open stood,<br>He'd throw in stones, or bits of wood, <br>To frighten all the folk. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">If travellers passing chanced to stay,<br>Of idle Jim to ask the way, <br>He never told them right; <br>And then, quite harden'd in his sin,<br>Rejoiced to see them taken in, <br>And laugh'd with all his might. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">He'd tie a string across the street, <br>Just to entangle people's feet,<br>And make them tumble down: <br>Indeed, he was disliked so much, <br>That no good boy would play with such<br>A nuisance to the town. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">At last the neighbours, in despair,<br>This mischief would no longer bear: <br>And so ­to end the tale,<br>This lad, to cure him of his ways,<br>Was sent to spend some dismal days<br>Within the county jail.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Jane+Taylor">Jane Taylor</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=416959" data-title="Mischief de Jane Taylor" data-description="Let those who're fond of idle tricks, Of throwing stones, and hurling bricks, And all that sort of fun, Now hear a tale of idle Jim, That warning they may take by him, Nor do as he has done. In harmless sport or healthful play He did not pass ..."></div> </div> </div>

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