Mother always
    is distressed
If you fidget
    when you’re dressed. 
If you fidget
    like Miss Midget,
Hopper, or her
    sister Bridget. 
Goops like that
    are so much bother,
That they ought to
    dress each other!

[Illustration:  Restless while Dressing]

AMANDA M. JAMES

Amanda Minnesinger
    James
She called her sister
    horrid names! 
She called her brother
    names, as well,
So bad I wouldn’t
    dare to tell! 
It’s shocking how
    a Goop will act! 
They have no manners,
    that’s a fact.

[Illustration:  Calling Names]

SUSIE KLEIN

When e’er I hear
    a puppy whine,
I always think
    of Susie Klein;
I think of how
    she hangs her head,
She doesn’t speak—­
    she whines, instead! 
Don’t whine!  If you
    don’t speak right out,
You are a Goop,
    without a doubt!

[Illustration:  Whining]

ROBERTO LEES

How thoughtless was
    Roberto Lees! 
(For only thoughtless
    children tease). 
He teased the little
    pussy cat,
He teased the puppy! 
    Think of that! 
He even teased
    his sister, too! 
I think he was
    a Goop—­don’t you?

[Illustration:  Teasing Animals]

ANNIE A. LeGRAND

The queerest Goop
    in all the land
Was Annie Annabelle
    LeGrand;
She often said
    what wasn’t true—­
Which is an awful
    thing to do! 
But we are honest,
    you and I,
We think it’s wrong
    to tell a lie!

[Illustration:  Lying and Fibbing]

MISS MACKADOO

This is a Goop—­
    Miss Mackadoo;
She never speaks
    when spoken to. 
When spoken to,
    she turns her eyes,
And never answers
    or replies. 
She hangs her head
    and sucks her thumb—­
You’d think that she
    was deaf and dumb!

[Illustration:  Not Answering]

ISABEL McCLUNG

Do you ever
    stick your tongue
Out, like
    Isabel McClung? 
No one but
    a Goop would show
Rudeness such as that,
    I know! 
If you’re good,
    take my advice;
Please don’t do it! 
    ’Tisn’t nice.

[Illustration:  Sticking out Tongue]

ALEXANDER B. McGIFF

Young Alexander
    B. McGiff
Each day had a
    clean handkerchief. 
In spite of this,
    if you’ll believe,
He wiped his nose
    upon his sleeve! 
Nobody but a Goop
    would do it;
His mother’d scold him,
    if she knew it.