INDOLENCEThere was a Goop who lay in bedTill half-past eight, the sleepy-head!He couldn't find his stockings, forHe'd thrown them somewhere on the floor!He couldn't find his reading-book;He had forgotten where to look!His breakfast grew so very cold,This lazy Goop began to scold;And then he blamed his mother, kind!"You made me late to school!" he whined.
INDOLENCEThere was a Goop who lay in bedTill half-past eight, the sleepy-head!He couldn't find his stockings, forHe'd thrown them somewhere on the floor!He couldn't find his reading-book;He had forgotten where to look!His breakfast grew so very cold,This lazy Goop began to scold;And then he blamed his mother, kind!"You made me late to school!" he whined.
There was a Goop who lay in bedTill half-past eight, the sleepy-head!He couldn't find his stockings, forHe'd thrown them somewhere on the floor!He couldn't find his reading-book;He had forgotten where to look!His breakfast grew so very cold,This lazy Goop began to scold;And then he blamed his mother, kind!"You made me late to school!" he whined.
THE LAW OF HOSPITALITYThere is a very simple ruleThat every one should know;You may not hear of it in school,But everywhere you go,In every land where people dwell,And men are good and true,You'll find they understand it well,And so I'll tell it you:To every one who gives me food,Or shares his home with me,I owe a debt of gratitude,And I must loyal be.I may not laugh at him, or sayOf him a word unkind;His friendliness I must repay,And to his faults be blind!
THE LAW OF HOSPITALITYThere is a very simple ruleThat every one should know;You may not hear of it in school,But everywhere you go,In every land where people dwell,And men are good and true,You'll find they understand it well,And so I'll tell it you:To every one who gives me food,Or shares his home with me,I owe a debt of gratitude,And I must loyal be.I may not laugh at him, or sayOf him a word unkind;His friendliness I must repay,And to his faults be blind!
There is a very simple rule
That every one should know;
You may not hear of it in school,
But everywhere you go,
In every land where people dwell,
And men are good and true,
You'll find they understand it well,
And so I'll tell it you:
To every one who gives me food,
Or shares his home with me,
I owe a debt of gratitude,
And I must loyal be.
I may not laugh at him, or say
Of him a word unkind;
His friendliness I must repay,
And to his faults be blind!
THE FLOWER HOSPITALI dreamed I found a sunlit roomFilled with a delicate perfume,Where, moaning their sweet lives away,A thousand lovely flowers lay.They drooped, so pale, and wan, and weak,With hardly strength enough to speak,With stems so crushed and leaves so tornIt was too dreadful to be borne!And one white lily raised her headFrom off her snowy flower bed.And sighed, "Please tell the children, oh!They should not treat the flowers so!They plucked us when we were so gay,And then they threw us all awayTo wither in the sun all day!We all must fade, but we'll forgiveIf they'll let other flowers live!"
THE FLOWER HOSPITALI dreamed I found a sunlit roomFilled with a delicate perfume,Where, moaning their sweet lives away,A thousand lovely flowers lay.They drooped, so pale, and wan, and weak,With hardly strength enough to speak,With stems so crushed and leaves so tornIt was too dreadful to be borne!And one white lily raised her headFrom off her snowy flower bed.And sighed, "Please tell the children, oh!They should not treat the flowers so!They plucked us when we were so gay,And then they threw us all awayTo wither in the sun all day!We all must fade, but we'll forgiveIf they'll let other flowers live!"
I dreamed I found a sunlit roomFilled with a delicate perfume,Where, moaning their sweet lives away,A thousand lovely flowers lay.They drooped, so pale, and wan, and weak,With hardly strength enough to speak,With stems so crushed and leaves so tornIt was too dreadful to be borne!And one white lily raised her headFrom off her snowy flower bed.And sighed, "Please tell the children, oh!They should not treat the flowers so!They plucked us when we were so gay,And then they threw us all awayTo wither in the sun all day!We all must fade, but we'll forgiveIf they'll let other flowers live!"
PUPPY GOOPSCandy in the cushionsOf the easy-chair;Raisins in the sofa—How did they get there?The little Goop who's greedyDoes it every day,Like a little puppy,Hiding bones away!
PUPPY GOOPSCandy in the cushionsOf the easy-chair;Raisins in the sofa—How did they get there?The little Goop who's greedyDoes it every day,Like a little puppy,Hiding bones away!
Candy in the cushions
Of the easy-chair;
Raisins in the sofa—
How did they get there?
The little Goop who's greedy
Does it every day,
Like a little puppy,
Hiding bones away!
Exaggeration (top)EXAGGERATIONDon't try to tell a storyTo beat the one you've heard;For if you try, you're apt to lie,Andthatwould be absurd!Don't try to be more funnyThan any one in school;For if you're not, they'll laugh a lot,And think you are a fool!Exaggeration (bottom)
Exaggeration (top)EXAGGERATIONDon't try to tell a storyTo beat the one you've heard;For if you try, you're apt to lie,Andthatwould be absurd!Don't try to be more funnyThan any one in school;For if you're not, they'll laugh a lot,And think you are a fool!Exaggeration (bottom)
Exaggeration (top)
Don't try to tell a story
To beat the one you've heard;
For if you try, you're apt to lie,
Andthatwould be absurd!
Don't try to be more funny
Than any one in school;
For if you're not, they'll laugh a lot,
And think you are a fool!
Exaggeration (bottom)
NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!Do you slam the door?Do you drag your feet?Making noise enough for fourHundred thousand Goops, or more,Tearing up the street?Clattering down the stairs,Storming through the hall,Pounding floors, upsetting chairs,Do you think your father caresFor your noise, at all?
NOISE! NOISE! NOISE!Do you slam the door?Do you drag your feet?Making noise enough for fourHundred thousand Goops, or more,Tearing up the street?Clattering down the stairs,Storming through the hall,Pounding floors, upsetting chairs,Do you think your father caresFor your noise, at all?
Do you slam the door?
Do you drag your feet?
Making noise enough for four
Hundred thousand Goops, or more,
Tearing up the street?
Clattering down the stairs,
Storming through the hall,
Pounding floors, upsetting chairs,
Do you think your father cares
For your noise, at all?
STEALING RIDESI thought I saw a little GoopWho hung behind a cart;I looked again. He'd fallen off!It gave mesucha start!"If he were killed, some day," I said,"'Twould break his mother's heart!"
STEALING RIDESI thought I saw a little GoopWho hung behind a cart;I looked again. He'd fallen off!It gave mesucha start!"If he were killed, some day," I said,"'Twould break his mother's heart!"
I thought I saw a little Goop
Who hung behind a cart;
I looked again. He'd fallen off!
It gave mesucha start!
"If he were killed, some day," I said,
"'Twould break his mother's heart!"
UNTIDY GOOPSI think you are a Goop, becauseYou never shut your bureau drawers,You do not close the door!You leave your water in the bowl,You put your peelings in the coal!I've told youthatbefore!
UNTIDY GOOPSI think you are a Goop, becauseYou never shut your bureau drawers,You do not close the door!You leave your water in the bowl,You put your peelings in the coal!I've told youthatbefore!
I think you are a Goop, because
You never shut your bureau drawers,
You do not close the door!
You leave your water in the bowl,
You put your peelings in the coal!
I've told youthatbefore!
A Goop Party (top)A GOOP PARTY"Please come to my party!" said Jenny to Prue;"I'm going to have Willy, and Nelly, and you;I'm going to have candy and cake and ice-cream,We'll playHunt-the-Slipper, we'll laugh and we'll scream.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 motherbeforeyou invite,And then it's more likely to happen all right!A Goop Party (bottom)
A Goop Party (top)A GOOP PARTY"Please come to my party!" said Jenny to Prue;"I'm going to have Willy, and Nelly, and you;I'm going to have candy and cake and ice-cream,We'll playHunt-the-Slipper, we'll laugh and we'll scream.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 motherbeforeyou invite,And then it's more likely to happen all right!A Goop Party (bottom)
A Goop Party (top)
"Please come to my party!" said Jenny to Prue;"I'm going to have Willy, and Nelly, and you;I'm going to have candy and cake and ice-cream,We'll playHunt-the-Slipper, we'll laugh and we'll scream.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 motherbeforeyou invite,And then it's more likely to happen all right!
A Goop Party (bottom)
INQUISITIVENESSI gave a letter to a GoopTo take to Mrs. Bird;And what d'you think he went and did?He read it, every word!Now, isn't that the rudest thingThat you have ever heard?Why, he would peep through keyholes,And listen at the door!And open parcels, just to seeWhat came from every store!Now, have you evereverheardOf such a Goop before?
INQUISITIVENESSI gave a letter to a GoopTo take to Mrs. Bird;And what d'you think he went and did?He read it, every word!Now, isn't that the rudest thingThat you have ever heard?Why, he would peep through keyholes,And listen at the door!And open parcels, just to seeWhat came from every store!Now, have you evereverheardOf such a Goop before?
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 evereverheard
Of such a Goop before?
DON'T BE GOODJust because you want to goTo the circus, or the show;But, when all your fun is o'er,Be as good as you were before!DON'T BE BADJust 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!
DON'T BE GOODJust because you want to goTo the circus, or the show;But, when all your fun is o'er,Be as good as you were before!DON'T BE BADJust 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!
Just because you want to goTo the circus, or the show;But, when all your fun is o'er,Be as good as you were before!
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!
WRITE RIGHT!If you were writing with your nose,You'dhaveto 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 fingersquiteso tight!And if you gnaw the holder so,They'll take you for a Goop, you know!
WRITE RIGHT!If you were writing with your nose,You'dhaveto 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 fingersquiteso tight!And if you gnaw the holder so,They'll take you for a Goop, you know!
If you were writing with your nose,You'dhaveto 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 fingersquiteso tight!And if you gnaw the holder so,They'll take you for a Goop, you know!
WET FEETDown the street together,In the rainy weather,Went a pair of little boys along;One of them went strayingIn the gutters playing,Doing all his mother said was wrong;One of them went dashingInto puddles splashing,Under dripping eaves that soaked him through;One of them avoidedAll the other boy did,Dodging all the slimy, slushy goo.Wet Feet (top Right)Wet Feet (bottom Left)One of them grew chilly;Said he felt so ill heKnew he'd caught a cold, and coughed a lot!The other was so warm heSaid helikedit stormy!Which of them was Goop, and which was not?
WET FEETDown the street together,In the rainy weather,Went a pair of little boys along;One of them went strayingIn the gutters playing,Doing all his mother said was wrong;One of them went dashingInto puddles splashing,Under dripping eaves that soaked him through;One of them avoidedAll the other boy did,Dodging all the slimy, slushy goo.Wet Feet (top Right)Wet Feet (bottom Left)One of them grew chilly;Said he felt so ill heKnew he'd caught a cold, and coughed a lot!The other was so warm heSaid helikedit stormy!Which of them was Goop, and which was not?
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 helikedit stormy!
Which of them was Goop, and which was not?
DRESS QUICKLY!All your life you'll have to dress,Every single day (unlessYou 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, beforeYou strew your clothing on the floor!
DRESS QUICKLY!All your life you'll have to dress,Every single day (unlessYou 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, beforeYou strew your clothing on the floor!
All your life you'll have to dress,Every single day (unlessYou 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, beforeYou strew your clothing on the floor!
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 drinkForty-four dozen bottles of raven black ink!
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 drinkForty-four dozen bottles of raven black ink!
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 drinkForty-four dozen bottles of raven black ink!
THE REASON WHYEverybody 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 playWhat the rest wished to play;He would sayhorridwordsThat he oughtn't to say!
THE REASON WHYEverybody 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 playWhat the rest wished to play;He would sayhorridwordsThat he oughtn't to say!
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 sayhorridwords
That he oughtn't to say!
In Goop Attire (top)IN GOOP ATTIREI'll make you a dress of a towel,And trim it all over with soap,With a sponge for a hatAnd a wet one, at that!Andthenyou'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 lingersWhen 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!In Goop Attire (bottom)
In Goop Attire (top)IN GOOP ATTIREI'll make you a dress of a towel,And trim it all over with soap,With a sponge for a hatAnd a wet one, at that!Andthenyou'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 lingersWhen 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!In Goop Attire (bottom)
In Goop Attire (top)
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!
Andthenyou'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!
In Goop Attire (bottom)
IMPOSSIBLE!There once was a Goop (it is hard to believeSuch 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!
IMPOSSIBLE!There once was a Goop (it is hard to believeSuch 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!
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!