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THE PIGS.
“Do look at those pigs as they lie in the straw,”
Willy said to his father one day,
“They keep eating longer than ever I saw,
Oh, what greedy gluttons are they!”
Willy said to his father one day,
“They keep eating longer than ever I saw,
Oh, what greedy gluttons are they!”
“I see they are feasting,” his father replied,
“They eat a great deal, I allow;
But let us remember, before we deride,
'Tis the nature, my dear, of a sow.
“They eat a great deal, I allow;
But let us remember, before we deride,
'Tis the nature, my dear, of a sow.
“But were a great boy such as you, my dear Will,
Like them to be eating all day,
Or be taking nice things till he made himself ill,
What a glutton, indeed, we might say!
Like them to be eating all day,
Or be taking nice things till he made himself ill,
What a glutton, indeed, we might say!
“If plum-cake and sugar he constantly picks,
And sweetmeats, and comfits, and figs,
We should tell him to leave off his own greedy tricks,
Before he finds fault with the pigs.”
And sweetmeats, and comfits, and figs,
We should tell him to leave off his own greedy tricks,
Before he finds fault with the pigs.”
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