All your life you’ll have to dress,
  Every single day (unless
  You should happen to be sick),
  Why not learn to do it quick? 
  Hang your clothes the proper way,
  So you’ll find them fresh next day;
  Treat them with a little care,
  Fold them neatly on a chair;
  So, without a bit of worry,
  You can dress in quite a hurry. 
  Think of the slovenly Goops, before
  You strew your clothing on the floor!

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[Illustration:  Danger!]

DANGER!

  Ink, ink!  What do you think! 
  You’re sure to be stained, if you play with the ink! 
  You’re sure to get black, if you play with the ink-well,
  Before you begin it, just stop once, and think well! 
  All over your fingers, all over your face,
  All over your clothes, and all over the place! 
  Your mother’ll be angry, your father’ll say, “There! 
  I said not to touch it; you said you’d take care!”

  When Goops are so mischievous, they have to drink
  Forty-four dozen bottles of raven black ink!

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[Illustration:  The Reason Why]

THE REASON WHY

  Everybody liked Ezekiel. 
    Why? 
  You could scarcely find his equal. 
    Why? 
  If he made a mistake,
    He said he was wrong;
  If he went on an errand,
    He wasn’t gone long;
  He never would bully,
    Although he was strong!

  Everybody hated Mello. 
    Why? 
  He was such a surly fellow. 
    Why? 
  If you asked him for candy,
    He’d hide his away;
  He never would play
    What the rest wished to play;
  He would say horrid words
    That he oughtn’t to say!

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[Illustration:  In Goop Attire]

IN GOOP ATTIRE

  I’ll make you a dress of a towel,
    And trim it all over with soap,
  With a sponge for a hat
  And a wet one, at that! 
    And then you’ll be happy, I hope! 
  You may act like a Goop, if you please,
  In garments constructed like these!

  But now, while you’re dressed up so neatly,
    Don’t wipe off your hands on your frock! 
  The smooching that lingers
  When you wipe off your fingers,
    Will give your dear mother a shock! 
  The result will be even more shocking,
  If you wipe off your shoes on your stocking!

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[Illustration:  Impossible!]

IMPOSSIBLE!

  There once was a Goop (it is hard to believe
    Such unpleasant behavior of you!)
  Who always was wiping his nose on his sleeve;
    I hope that this Goop wasn’t you!
  He always was spitting (for fun, I suppose),
    I couldn’t believe, it of you!
  And putting his fingers up into his nose;
    I KNOW that this Goop wasn’t you!