Child! do not throw this book about! br Refrain from the unholy pleasure br Of cutting all the pictures out! br Preserve it as your chiefest treasure. br br Child, have you never heard it said br That you are heir to all the ages? br Why, then, your hands were never made br To tear these beautiful thick pages! br br Your little hands were made to take br The better things and leave the worse ones: br They also may be used to shake br The Massive Paws of Elder Persons. br br And when your prayers complete the day, br Darling, your little tiny hands br Were also made, I think, to pray br For men that lose their fairylands.