The captian, who was very healthy,  
A fat chick and round,  
she had cheeks red and fresh;  
She ate the soup nicely at the table.  
But once she started screaming:  
“I do not eat soup! No!  
No, I do not eat my soup!
 
Bye next day, - just look!  
She was already a lot thinner.  
Then she started screaming again:  
“I do not eat soup! No!  
I do not eat my soup!  
No, I do not eat my soup!
 
On the day after, oh and ah!  
How is the captian thin and weak!  
But when the soup came in,  
Immediately she started crying again:  
“I do not eat soup! No!  
I do not eat my soup!  
No, I do not eat my soup!
 
Finally, at least four days have passed  
The captian was like a thread.  
She probably weighed half a plumb-  
And was dead in about fifteen days.
 

 
You just have to love the classic german children stories. So much death and maim (1845, for the age of 6)