[Illustration:  The Malicious Brush]

THE WISE PEN

  There was a Pen in our town
  And he was wondrous wise;
  He knew just when to cross his T’s
  And when to dot his I’s;
  But one small thing he did not know,
  A simple thing at that;
  He did not know ’twas nice to wipe
  His feet off, on the mat.

[Illustration:  The Wise Pen]