Come, Pussy, will you learn to read?
I've got a pretty book:
Nay, turn this way, you must indeed,
Fie, there's a sulky look!
Here's a pretty picture, see
An apple with a great A;
How stupid you will ever be
If you do nought but play!
Come, A B C, an easy task,
What anyone can do,
I will do anything you ask,
For dearly I love you.
No, no, your lesson is not done,
You have not learnt it half;
You'll grow a downright simpleton,
And make the people laugh.
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