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THE STORY OF

One morn their porridge being made

And pour'd into each pot,

To taste it they were all afraid

It seem'd so boiling hot.

"A burnt child dreads the fire"—A Bear

Doth dread it just as much,

As these Bears proved, in taking care

Their porridge not to touch,