![]() ![]() Both examples certainly demonstrate the risks associated with fire. In Hillaire Belloc's Matilda, Who Told Lies, and was Burned to Death, the consequences of fire are also fatal although in the case of Matilda it is her deceitfulness not her passion for lighting matches that brings about her demise. Best Sellers Deals Store Customer Service New Releases Sell Prime Home. Hello Select your address Books Hello, sign in. The temptation is too great and the consequence of Harriet's disobedience is catastrophic. Make-Believe Tales: A Folk Tale from Burma: Troughton, Joanna: 9780872264519: Books - Amazon.ca. Harriet is told that she will be in trouble if she touches the matches "But Harriet said: "Oh, what a pity!/ For, when they burn, it is so pretty / They crackle so, and spit, and flame:/Mamma, too, often does the same." Warnings about fire appear in cautionary tales – most famously in Heinrich Hoffman's mid-19th century The Dreadful Story of Harriet and the Matches from Der Strewwlpeter, which I remember scaring me mightily as a child. ![]() ![]() Picture books about the heroic work of firemen with their fire engines, from old-fashioned favourites such as Graham Greene's The Little Fire Engine, with its illustrations by Edward Ardizonne, to the currently popular Fireman Sam stories, carry implicit warnings about the dangers that fire cause, but most children will be more affected by the cleverness of the rescue than the cause. ![]() Ancient Statistical Methods for Researchers Made Very SimpleRonald R. , Fireman Sam Christmas Story Library: The Runaway Santa (Christmas Story Book) Rowe, Advanced Accounting with FARS CDTed D. ![]()
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