A wish for all children for the coming week:
Beware, children, of idleness
As of a bad habit.
And read each day
If only a single page.
Literal translation
A little verse by Alexander Kruglov from the endpaper of "My First Alphabet Book", published in 1890 by the M.O. Wolff publishing partnership.
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