[Illustration:  Getting Feet Wet]

ANDREW CROSSETT

Have you heard how
    Andrew Crossett
Meddled with the
    water-faucet? 
Letting water
    flood the sink? 
Andrew was
    a Goop, I think;
Otherwise he
    would have known
He should let
    such things alone!

[Illustration:  Playing with Faucet]

ANNABELLA DAY

How slow is
    Annabella Day! 
She’s so reluctant
    to obey! 
She acts so sluggish
    and so sickly! 
Oh, Anna, why not
    do it quickly? 
Oh, Anna, do be
    prompt, and then,
No one will call
    you “Goop” again!

[Illustration:  Obeying Slowly]

GWENDOLYN De V. De WITT

Miss Gwendolyn
    De Vere De Witt
Is having such
    a sulky fit! 
Because she couldn’t
    have her way
With other children
    at their play. 
A sulky Goop
    I really call
As bad as those
    who cry and bawl.

[Illustration:  Sulking]

ADOLPHUS ELFINSTONE

Adolphus Elfinstone,
    of Nachez,
Thought it was fun
    to play with matches
Until the little Goop
    had learned
It hurt a lot
    when he got burned! 
A little fire
    is queer and curious;
But soon it grows
    quite big and furious.

[Illustration:  Playing with Matches]

AMANDA FISH

If there’s sugar
    in the dish,
Who will take it? 
    Mandy Fish? 
If there is a
    box of candy,
Just look out
    for little Mandy! 
She goops the fruit,
    and leaves the peeling—­
She calls it fun;
    I call it stealing!

[Illustration:  Stealing Sweets]

FREDERICK FISHER

Freddie Fisher
    fairly fussed
When he came
    to eat his crust! 
Often on the floor
    he’d throw it,
Hoping mother
    wouldn’t know it! 
Goops all hate
    to eat the crust;
If you’re told to,
    then you must!

[Illustration:  Not Eating Crusts]

EZRA HECHT

What in the world
    would you expect
Of a Goop whose name
    was Ezra Hecht? 
Of course he would
    refuse to heed
Or mind his mother—­
    yes indeed! 
Of course he would. 
    Of course he did. 
But you must do
    what you are bid.

[Illustration:  Not Minding Mother]

M. AND B. HOPPER