Gateway to the Classics: A Moral Alphabet by Hilaire Belloc
 
A Moral Alphabet by  Hilaire Belloc
Table of Contents
A for Archibald
B for Bear
C for Cobra
D for Dreadful
E for Egg
F for Family
G for Gnu
H for Horseman
I for Indian
J for James
K for Klondyke
L for Lady
M for Millionaire
N for Ned
O for Oxford
P for Pig
Q for Quinine
R for Reviewer
S for Snail
T for Tourist
U for Upas Tree
V for Volunteer
W for Waterbeetle
X for Nothing Important
Y for Youth
Z for Zebu

Z For Zebu

Z for this zebu,

[Illustration]

who (like all Zebus)

Is held divine by scrupulous Hindoos.

(Von Kettner writes it "Zebu"; Wurst "Zebu";

I split the difference and use the two.

Moral

Idolatry, as you are well aware,

Is highly reprehensible. But there,

We needn't bother,—when we get to Z

Our interest in the Alphabet is dead.


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