I'm probably the last person to find out about this. But if you are unfamiliar, you'll need to click on every letter of the alphabet to learn the child's fate. Poor little Neville!
I haven't clicked your link, and I don't remember who it was in their bright blue sashes that got burned up in ashes, but Rock and I love saying it whenever we see a kid near a fire. Is that wrong. No. No it isn't.
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I have seen the drawings before and found them disturbingly funny. And I knew the poem - I just never put the two together.
By Anonymous, at 9:03 AM
What is the point?
By Anonymous, at 4:58 PM
I love Edward Gorey. I have some of his lithos over my desk. They crack me up.
By Anonymous, at 9:37 PM
hee hee... I grew up with Edward Gorey books lying around the house...explains a lot about me.
By Dana Fredsti, at 2:29 PM
See, I just love you.
I haven't clicked your link, and I don't remember who it was in their bright blue sashes that got burned up in ashes, but Rock and I love saying it whenever we see a kid near a fire. Is that wrong. No. No it isn't.
By Imez, at 10:21 AM
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