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Tonight, I read a story from the Book of Dragons by Edith Nesbitt,

The Ice Dragon, or do as you're told.

So lie down, close your eyes, and let me read you a story.

This is the tale of the wonders that befell on the evening of the 11th of December when they did what they were told not to do. You may think that you know all the

unpleasant things that could possibly happen to you if you are disobedient, but there are some

things which even you do not know, and they did not know them either. Their names were George and

Jane.

There were no fireworks that year on Guy Falk's night, because the heir to the throne was not well.

He was cutting his first tooth, and that is a very anxious time for any person, even for a royal one.

He was really very poorly, so that fireworks would have been in the worst possible taste,

even at Land's End or in the Isle of Man.

Whilst in Forest Hill, which was the home of Jane and George,

anything of the kind was quite out of the question.

Even the Crystal Palace, empty-headed as it is, felt that this was no time for Catherine Wheels. But when the prince had cut his tooth, rejoicings were not only admissible

but correct, and the 11th of December was proclaimed Firework Day. All the people were most anxious to show their loyalty and to

enjoy themselves at the same time. So there were fireworks and torchlight processions and set pieces at

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