Who Slammed Doors For Fun And Perished Miserably <br /> <br />A trick that everyone abhors <br />In little girls is slamming doors. <br />A wealthy banker's little daughter <br />Who lived in Palace Green, Bayswater <br />(By name Rebecca Offendort), <br />Was given to this furious sport. <br /> <br />She would deliberately go <br />And slam the door like billy-o! <br />To make her uncle Jacob start. <br />She was not really bad at heart, <br />But only rather rude and wild; <br />She was an aggravating child... <br /> <br />It happened that a marble bust <br />Of Abraham was standing just <br />Above the door this little lamb <br />Had carefully prepared to slam, <br />And down it came! It knocked her flat! <br />It laid her out! She looked like that. <br /> <br />Her funeral sermon (which was long <br />And followed by a sacred song) <br />Mentioned her virtues, it is true, <br />But dwelt upon her vices too, <br />And showed the deadful end of one <br />Who goes and slams the door for fun. <br /> <br />The children who were brought to hear <br />The awful tale from far and near <br />Were much impressed, and inly swore <br />They never more would slam the door, <br />-- As often they had done before.<br /><br />Hilaire Belloc<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rebecca/
