A is for Amy who fell down the stairs B is for Basil who assaulted by bears C is for Clara who wasted away D is for Desmond who thrown out of sleigh E is for Ernest who choked on peach F is for Fanny who sucked dry by a leech G is for Gorge who smothered under a rug H is for Hector who done in by a thug I is for Ida who drown in a lake J is for James who took lye by mistake K is for Kate who was stuck with an axe L is for Leo who swallowed some tacks M is for Maud who was swept out to sea N is for Nevile who died of ennui O is for Olive who run through with an awl P is for Prue trampled flat in a brawl Q is for Quentin who sank in a mire R is for Rhoda consumed by fire S is for Susan who perished on fits T is for Titus who blew into bits U is for Una who slipped down a drain V is for Victor squashed under a train W is for Winnie embedded in ice X is for Xerxes devoured by mice Y is for Yorick whose head was knock in Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin