To hear him ask his friends for things to eat?
And to hear the little sinner
Say he wants to stay to dinner
Is a piece of impoliteness hard to beat!

"_Mother said that I could stay_
_If you asked me!_" is the way
That a Goop will make them ask him to remain.
It is better to be slighted
Than to stay when not invited,
For they _never_ ask a Goop to come again!




[Illustration]

[Illustration: Picking and Stealing]


_PICKING and STEALING_


When you are fetching bread, I trust
You never nibble at the crust

When in the kitchen, do you linger
And pinch the cookies with your finger?

Or do you peck the frosted cake?