Don’t Be Good
Just because you want to go
To the circus, or the show;
But, when all your fun is o’er,
Be as good as you were before!
Don’t Be Bad
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’d have to 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 fingers quite so tight!
And if you gnaw the holder so,
They’ll take you for a Goop, you know!