Hildebrand By Hilaire Belloc

Who Was Frightened By A Passing Motor, And Was Brought To Reason "Oh Murder! What Was That, Papa!" "My Child, It Was A Motor-Car, A Most Ingenious Toy! Designed To Captivate And Charm Much Rather Than To Rouse Alarm In Any English Boy. "What Would Your Great Grandfather Who Was Aide-De-Camp To General Brue, And Lost A Leg At Waterloo, And Quatre-Bras And Ligny Too! And Died At Trafalgar! What Would He Have Remarked To Hear His Young Descendant Shriek With Fear, Because He Happened To Be Near A Harmless Motor-Car! But Do Not Fret About It! Come! We'll Off To Town And Purchase Some!"