Annie Fanny
    Ruffle Riff;
Hear her snuffle! 
    Hear her sniff! 
Hear her sniffle! 
    Hear her snuff!—­
See her—­well,
    I’ve said enough.
You have seen her,
    I suppose,
The Goop who seldom
    blows her nose?

[Illustration:  Snuffling and Sniffling]

FELICIA ROPPS

Funny, how
    Felicia Ropps
Always handles
    things in shops! 
Always pinching,
    always poking,
Alwyas feeling,
    always stroking
Things she has
    no right to touch! 
Goops like that
    annoy me much!

[Illustration:  Handling Things]

PERCIVAL B. SLOOP

Just look at
    Percival B. Sloop,
A most unpleasant
    sort of Goop;
He pokes his fingers
    in his nose
And wipes his hands
    upon his clothes;
He does a lot
    of things that you,
I know, would never,
    never do!

[Illustration:  Acting Uncleanly]

SUSIE SMALT

“Oh,” says little
    Susie Smalt,
“It is someone
    else’s fault!”
“She began it!”
    “She’s to blame!”
“She’s the one that
    spoiled the game!”
So Goops always
    blame each other;
Do you own up
    your fault to Mother?

[Illustration:  Blaming Others]

SPERRY SPROOKS

Have you ever
    chanced to look
At a torn and
    dirty book? 
At a book that’s
    ragged, soiled,
Inked and finger-
    marked and spoiled? 
Who has done it? 
    Sperry Sprooks! 
He’s the Goop
    that spoils the books!

[Illustration:  Tearing Books]

URIAH STEAD

I never saw
    Uriah Stead
When he was glad
    to go to bed. 
There always was
    one thing to do
Before he could
    take off a shoe! 
The little Goop
    was always late;
I hope you don’t
    pro-cras-ti-nate!

[Illustration:  Not Going to Bed]

ROSIE L. V. TROOD

Rosie Lily
    Violet Trood,
Always messes
    with her food;
Always plays with
    her potatoes,
Meat and gravy
    and tomatoes! 
Callers, who are
    asked to dine,
Knowing she’s
    a Goop, decline!