Napoleon
Children, when was was
Napoleon Bonaparte
born? asks the teacher
A thousand years ago, say the children.
A hundred years ago, say the children.
Nobody knows.
Children, what did
Napoleon Bonaparte
do? asks the teacher.
He won a war, say the children.
He lost a war, say the children.
Nobody knows.
Our butcher used to have a dog,
says Frankie,
and his name was Napoleon,
and the butcher used to beat him,
and the dog died
of hunger
a year ago.
And now all the children feel sorry
for Napoleon.
– Miroslav Holub
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