We’ll dress up in caps, we’ll have stories and tricks,
  And you won’t have to go till a quarter past six!”
  But alas!  When she mentioned her party, at tea,
  Her mother said, “No!  It can’t possibly be!”
  So Jane had to go and explain to her friends,
  And that is how many a Goop party ends! 
  Just speak to your mother before you invite,
  And then it’s more likely to happen all right!

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[Illustration:  Inquisitiveness]

INQUISITIVENESS

  I gave a letter to a Goop
    To take to Mrs. Bird;
  And what d’you think he went and did? 
    He read it, every word! 
  Now, isn’t that the rudest thing
    That you have ever heard?

  Why, he would peep through keyholes,
    And listen at the door! 
  And open parcels, just to see
    What came from every store!

  Now, have you ever ever heard
    Of such a Goop before?

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[Illustration:  Don’t be Good]

DON’T BE GOOD

  Just because you want to go
  To the circus, or the show;
  But, when all your fun is o’er,
  Be as good as you were before!

[Illustration:  Don’t be Bad]

DON’T BE BAD

  Just as long as you dare to be,
  Because your mother doesn’t see. 
  Do not wait for her to scold,
  But be just as good as gold!

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[Illustration:  Write Right!]

WRITE RIGHT!

  If you were writing with your nose,
  You’d have to curl up, I suppose,
  And lay your head upon your hand;
  But now, I cannot understand,
  For you are writing with your pen! 
  So sit erect, and smile again! 
  You need not scowl because you write,
  Nor hold your fingers quite so tight! 
  And if you gnaw the holder so,
  They’ll take you for a Goop, you know!

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[Illustration:  Wet Feet]

WET FEET

  Down the street together,
  In the rainy weather,
    Went a pair of little boys along;
  One of them went straying
  In the gutters playing,
    Doing all his mother said was wrong;

  One of them went dashing
  Into puddles splashing,
    Under dripping eaves that soaked him through;
  One of them avoided
  All the other boy did,
    Dodging all the slimy, slushy goo.

  One of them grew chilly;
  Said he felt so ill he
    Knew he’d caught a cold, and coughed a lot! 
  The other was so warm he
  Said he liked it stormy! 
    Which of them was Goop, and which was not?

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[Illustration:  Dress Quickly!]

DRESS QUICKLY!