But Pauline would not take advice,
She lit a match, it was so nice!
It crackled so, it burned so clear,-
Exactly like the picture here
She jumped for joy and ran about,
And was too pleased to put it out. Now see! Oh see! What a dreadful thing
The fire has caught her apron-string;
Her apron burns, her arms, her hair;
She burns all over, everywhere.
She lit a match, it was so nice!
It crackled so, it burned so clear,-
Exactly like the picture here
She jumped for joy and ran about,
And was too pleased to put it out. Now see! Oh see! What a dreadful thing
The fire has caught her apron-string;
Her apron burns, her arms, her hair;
She burns all over, everywhere.
( Bill Bryson )
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