Key: D
Introduction:
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There once was a boy named Pierre
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who only would say, "I don't care!"
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Read his story by friend, for you'll find
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at the end that a suitable moral lies there
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One day his mother said
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when Pierre climbed out of bed,
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"Good morning, darling boy,
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you are my only joy."
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Pierre said, "I don't care!"
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"What would you like to eat?"
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"I don't care!"
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"Some lovely cream of wheat?"
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"I don't care!"
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"Don't sit backwards on your chair."
"I don't care!"
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"Or pour syrup on your hair."
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"I don't care!"
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"You are acting like a clown."
"I don't care!"
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And we have to go to town."
"I don't care!"
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"Don't you want to come, my dear?"
"I don't care!"
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"Would you rather stay right here?"
"I don't care!"
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So his mother
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left him there.
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His father said, "Get off your head
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or I will march you up to bed!"
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Pierre said, "I don't care!"
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"I would think that you could see..."
("I don't care!")
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"your head is where your feet should be!"
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("I don't care!")
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"If you keep standing upside down..."
("I don't care!")
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"we'll never ever get to town."
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("I don't care!")
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"If only you would say I care..."
("I don't care!")
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"I'd let you fold the folding chair."
("I don't care!")
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So his parents
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left him there.
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They didn't take him anywhere.
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Now, as the night began to fall
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a hungry lion paid a call.
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He looked Pierre right in the eye
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and asked him - if he'd like to die.
And Pierre said,
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"I don't care!"
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"I can eat you, don't you see?"
("I don't care!")
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"And you will be inside of me."
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("I don't care!")
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"Then you'll never have to bother..."
("I don't care!")
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"With a mother and a father."
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("I don't care!")
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"Is that all you have to say?"
("I don't care!")
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"Then I'll eat you if I may."
("I son't care!")
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So the li - on
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ate Pierre.
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Arriving home at six o'clock
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his parents had a dreadful shock!
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They found the lion sick in bed
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and cried "Pierre is surely dead!"
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They pulled the lion by the hair.
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They hit him with the folding chair.
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His mother asked, "Where is Pierre?"
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And the lion answered,
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"I don't care!"
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His father said,
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"Pierre's in there!"
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They rushed the lion into town.
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The doctor shook him up and down.
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And when the lion gave a roar
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Pierre fell out upon the floor.
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He rubbed his eyes and scratched hiS head
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and laughed because he wasn't dead.
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His mother cried and held him tight.
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His father asked, "Are you all right?"
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Pierre said "I amd feeling fine,
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please take me home, it's half past nine."
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The lion said, "If you would care
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to climb on me I'll take you there."
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Then everyone looked at Pierre who shouted,
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"Yes indeed I care!"
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The lion took them home to rest
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and stayed on as a weekend guest.
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The moral of Pierre is care!