How To Preserve Children - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large field
1/2 doz. children
2 or 3 small dogs
a pinch of brook
some pebbles
a deep blue sky
some flowers
a heap of sun
water
bath tub

Preparation

Mix the children and dogs well together; put them on the field, stirring constantly.
Pour the brook over the pebbles. Sprinkle the field with flowers.
Spread over all a deep blue sky and bake in the sun.
When brown, set away to cool in the bath tub.
And don't be afraid to make them mind you.
They will not break or go mad.