THE BOOK OF
PSAYINGS
The Brooklyn Bridge not for saleThe smart student learns many things
Psaying 2
mMy son, if your friends want to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge, do not jump with them; for it is a long way to the water, and you would be smashed to a pulp, and nall the king’s horses couldn’t put you back together again.
2And if your friends wish to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge, do not give them cash or a check or any kind of payment; ofor the Brooklyn Bridge is not for sale, except to fools, who are soon parted from their allowance.
3And if your friends say to you, Let us cut school today; let us go to a secret place and smoke cigarettes;
4Let us whistle and make rude remarks at girls; let us do everything that is pfun because the sun is shining;
5Then say to them, No, not today, I promised my amother I wouldn’t; she wouldn’t like it, and I would be grounded forever.
6For all of these things are unwise and dangerous and forbidden; they would make you a bjuvenile delinquent, and your parents would be very ashamed of you.
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