prologue there was once a boy named pierre who only would say i don t care read his story my friend for you ll find at the end that a suitable moral lies there one day his mother said when pierre climbed out of bed good morning darling boy you are my only joy pierre said i don t care what would you like to eat i don t care some lovely cream of wheat i don t care don t sit backwards in your chair i don t care or pour syrup on your hair i don t care you are acting like a clown i don t care and we have to go to town i don t care don t you want to come my dear i don t care would you rather stay right here i don t care so his mother left him there his father said get off your head or i will march you up to bed pierre said i don t care i would think that you could see i don t care your head is where your feet should be i don t care if you keep standing upside down i don t care we ll never get to town i don t care if only you would say i care i don t care i d let you fold the folding chair i don t care so his parents left him there they didn t take him anywhere now as the night began to fall a hungry lion paid a call he looked pierre right in the eye and asked him if he d like to die pierre said i don t care i can eat you don t you see i don t care and you will be inside of me i don t care then you will never have to bother i don t care with a mother and a father i don t care is that all you have to say i don t care then i ll eat you if i may i don t care so the lion ate pierre  arriving home at six o clock his parents had a dreadful shock they found the lion sick in bed and cried pierre is surely dead they pulled the lion by the hair they hit him with the folding chair his mother asked where is pierre the lion answered i don t care his father said pierre s in there they rushed the lion into town the doctor shook him up and down and when the lion gave a roar pierre fell out upon the floor he rubbed his eyes and scratched his head and laughed because he wasn t dead his mother cried and held him tight his father asked are you allright pierre said i am feeling fine please take me home it s half past nine the lion said if you would care to climb on me i ll take you there then everyone looked at pierre who shouted yes indeed i care the lion took them home to rest and stayed on as a weekend guest the moral of pierre is care 