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YOU never need fear, little children, to meet / A wolf in the garden, the wood, or the street; / Red Riding-hood's story is only a fable,- / I'll give you its moral as well as I'm able: / Bad Temper's the wolf which we meet everywhere- / Beware of this wolf! Little children, beware!
I know of a boy, neither gentle nor wise, / If you tell him a fault, he gives saucy replies; / If kept from his way, in a fury he flies- / Ah! Passion's the wolf with the very large eyes; / 'Tis ready to snap and to trample and tear- / Beware of this wolf! Little children, beware!