Prologue:
There was once a boy named Pierre
Who only would say, I don't care! care
Read his story, story myenter deleted
friend, for you'll find
At the end that a suitable
Moral moral lies there

(Chapter I)

One day his mother said
When Pierre climbed out of bed
-Good"Good morning, darling boy, boy
youYou are my only joy joy"
Pierre said-I said, "I don't care! care"
-What
"What would you like to eat? eat?"
-I"I don't care! care"
-Some"Some lovely cream of wheat? wheat?"
-I'I don't care! care"
-Don't
"Don't sit backwards in your chair chair"
-I"I don't care! care"
-Or"Or pour syrup on your hair hair"
-I"I don't care! care"
-You
"You are acting like a clown clown"
-I"I don't care! care"
-And"And we have to go to town town"
-I"I don't care! care"
-Don't
"Don't you want to come, my dear? dear?"
-I"I don't care! care"
-Would"Would you rather stay right here? here?"
-I"I don't care! care"
So his mother left him there

(Chapter II)

His father said-Get said, "Get off your head
Or I will march you up to bed! bed
Pierre said-I said, "I don't care! care"
-I
"I would think that you could see-- see"
-I"I don't care! care"
-Your"Your head is where yourenter deleted
feet should be! be"
-I"I don't care! care"
-If
"If you keep standing upside down-- down"
-I"I don't care! care"
-We'll"We'll never ever get to town town"
-I"I don't care! care"
-If
"If only you would say, I care care"
-I"I don't care! care"
-I'd"I'd let you fold the folding chair chair"
-I"I don't care! care"
So his parents left him there
They didn't take him anywhere

(Chapter III)

Now as the night began to fall
A hungry lion paid a call
He looked Pierre right in the eye
And asked him if he'd like to die

And Pierre said-I said, "I don't care! care"
-I"I can eat you, don't you see? see?"
-I"I don't care! care"
-And"And you will be inside of me me"
-I"I don't care! care"
-Then
"Then you will never have to bother-- bother"
-I"I don't care! care"
-With"With a mother and a father father"
-I"I don't care! care"
-Is
"Is that all you have to say? say?"
-I"I don't care! care"
-Then"Then I'll eat you, if I may may"
-I"I don't care! care"
So the lion ate Pierre

(Chapter IV)

Arriving home at six o'clock
His parents had a dreadful shock! shock
They found the lion sickenter deleted
in bed and cried
-Pierre"Pierre is surely dead! dead"

They pulled the lion by the hair
They hit him with the folding chair
His mother asked-Where asked, "Where is Pierre? Pierre?"
TheAnd the lion answered-I answered, "I don't care! care"
His father said-Pierre's said, "Pierre's in there!

(Chapter V) there"

They rushed the lion into town
The doctor shook him up and down
And when the lion gave a roar
Pierre fell out upon the floorenter added
He rubbed his eyes andenter deleted
scratched his head
And laughed because he wasn't dead
His mother cried and held him tightenter added
His father asked-Are asked, "Are you allright? alright?"
Pierre said-I said, "I am feeling fine
Please take me home,enter deleted
it's half past nine nine"

The lion said-If said, “If you would care
To climb on me, I'll take you there
Then everyone looked at Pierre
Who shouted-Yes, shouted, “Yes, indeed, I care! care"

The lion took them home to rest
And stayed on as a weekend guest
The moral of Pierre is: CARE! is care