Hilaire Belloc
click on imageHilaire Belloc is most famous for his 'Cautionary Verse'. These are comic poems about what happens to naughty children.
Jim * Hilaire Belloc Crossword
The Elephant
When people call this beast to mind,
They marvel more and more
At such - a LITTLE tail behind,
So LARGE a trunk before.
When people call this beast to mind,
They marvel more and more
At such - a LITTLE tail behind,
So LARGE a trunk before. 
You can hear a reading of The Elephant here:. More Hilaire Belloc poems: Jim * Lion * Hilaire Belloc Crossword
| Be kind and tender to the Frog, |
| And do not call him names, As "Slimy skin," or "Polly-wog," Or likewise "Ugly James," Or "Gap-a-grin," or "Toad-gone-wrong," Or "Bill Bandy-knees": |
| The Frog is justly sensitive To epithets like these. No animal will more repay A treatment kind and fair; At least so lonely people say |
| Who keep a frog (and, by the way, They are extremely rare). |
You can hear a reading of The Frog here:. More Hilaire Belloc poems: Jim * Lion * Elephant * Hilaire Belloc Crossword
The Polar Bear
The Polar Bear is unaware
Of cold that cuts me through:
For why? He has a coat of hair.
I wish I had one too!
The Polar Bear is unaware
Of cold that cuts me through:
For why? He has a coat of hair.
I wish I had one too!
The Lion 
The lion, the lion, he lives in the waste,
He has a big head and a very small waist;
But his shoulders are big, and his jaws they are grim,
And a good little child will not play with him.
The lion, the lion, he lives in the waste,
He has a big head and a very small waist;
But his shoulders are big, and his jaws they are grim,
And a good little child will not play with him.
Jim
Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion.
There was a Boy whose name was Jim;
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Who ran away from his Nurse, and was eaten by a Lion.
There was a Boy whose name was Jim;
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