For kids??
Patrick and I were reading stories out of a book of “children’s verse” today. Turning the page, I see a story titled Tender Heartedness. Sounds harmless enough for a 3 year-old. It is a book of stories for children, right?
You tell me the age of the kid who should hear this gem. 
Billy, in one of his nice new sashes,
Fell in the fire and was burnt to ashes;
Now, although the room grows chilly,
I haven’t the heart to poke poor Billy.
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Most of the original fairy tales and the like were far more bloody than the expurgated versions we get today. Perhaps this is just another example.
Comment by Christopher Davis — November 15, 2004 @ 05:07 GMT