Napoleon

Children, when was

Napoleon Bonaparte born,

asks teacher.

A thousand years ago, the children say.

A hundred years ago, the children say.

Last year, the children say.

No one knows.

Children, what did

Napoleon Bonaparte do,

asks teacher.

Won a war, the children say.

Lost a war, the children say.

No one knows.

Our butcher had a dog

called Napoleon,

says Frantisek.

The butcher used to beat him and the dog died

of hunger

a year ago.

And all the children are now sorry

for Napoleon.