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Five Minute Stories

Chapter 58: THE PATHETIC BALLAD OF CLARINTHIA JANE LOUISA.
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A lively collection of short stories and poems for children, offering simple domestic scenes, playful rhymes, brief narratives, and light moral lessons. Pieces range from tender portraits of family life and child play to fanciful nonsense verses, seasonal and holiday sketches, animal vignettes, and concise character studies, often keyed to children's imagination and daily activities. Language is straightforward and rhythmic, with songs and jingles interspersed among short tales; many pieces aim to charm or amuse while gently reinforcing kindness, curiosity, and good manners. Illustrations accompany several items, enhancing the accessible tone and appeal to young readers.

THE PATHETIC BALLAD OF CLARINTHIA JANE LOUISA.

(To be sung to the tune of “The Monkey married the Baboon’s Sister.”)

This is Clarinthia Jane Louisa,
Holding her brother Ebenezer:
Here he sits on the post to please her,—
Happy little two!
Dog came by with a growl and a grumble,
Made Clarinthia start and stumble;
Poor Ebenezer got a tumble,
Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!