More Beasts for Worse Children by  Hilaire Belloc
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Python
The Welsh Mutton
The Porcupine
The Scorpion
The Crocodile
The Vulture
The Bison
The Viper
The Llama
The Chamois
The Frozen Mammoth
The Microbe

The Vulture


[Illustration]

The Vulture eats between his meals,

And that's the reason why


[Illustration]

He very, very rarely feels

As well as you and I.


His eye is dull, his head is bald,

His neck is growing thinner.

Oh! what a lesson for us all

To only eat at dinner.


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