I'm not allowed to do;
Most everything I'm fondest of
I'm told is wrong--are you?

They say, "_Please don't do that, my child!_"
They say, "_You mustn't, dear!_"
I hope sometime I'll learn what's right,
For now it seems so queer!




[Illustration]

[Illustration: Frankness]


_FRANKNESS_


When you are talking, I expect
You'd better hold your head erect!
Please look me squarely in the eye
Unless you're telling me a lie.
For if you crouch and look askance,
Regarding me with sidelong glance,
I'll think it is a Goop I see
Who is _afraid_ to look at me!