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Poor Peter was burnt by the poker one day, / When he made it look pretty and red; / For the beautiful sparks made him think it fine play, / To lift it as high as his head.
But somehow it happen'd his finger and thumb / Were terribly scorched by the heat; / And he scream'd out aloud for his mother to come, / And stamp'd on the floor with his feet.