Mrs Turner's Cautionary Stories: Bad Boys and…

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As Joe was at play, / Near the cupboard one day, / When he thought no one saw but himself, / How sorry I am, / He ate raspberry jam, / And currants that stood on the shelf.

His mother and John / To the garden had gone, / To gather ripe pears and ripe plums; / What Joe was about / His mother found out, / When she look'd at his fingers and thumbs.

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