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Now, children, take warning, and chiefly, I pray,

You maidens so gentle and fair,

When you come across all kinds of folk, have a care

Not to listen to what they may say;

For it can't be thought strange if you do,

Should the Wolf choose to eat up a few.

The Wolf, I say here, for you'll find Wolves are many, and vary in kind; There are some, easy-mannered and tame, Without malice, or temper, the same, Most obliging and sweet in their way, Like to follow their tender young prey, And will track them right into their homes—lack-a-day! Who among us has not learnt by this time to know, The most dangerous of wolves is the soft, smooth-tongued foe!

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