WHAT WILLY DID.
Reading edition
When the gas was lighted, Willy's mamma said, "Maggie, feed the children, And put them both to bed." When the milk was eaten, Maggie went for more: So she put the baby Down upon the floor. Then the naughty Willy Climbed up for a match, And he lit it quickly With a little scratch. But it burnt his fingers When the flame arose, And suddenly he dropped it On the baby's clothes. Up it blazed so fiercely, That, when Maggie came, There was little baby Screaming in the flame. Maggie put the fire out, And saved the baby too; But Willy was so frightened He knew not what to do. He was sorry, too, for baby, With arms all burnt and sore; And so he never meddled With matches any more.
H. F. W.
