ion: Write Right!]

_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!

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[Illustration: Wet Feet]

_WET FEET_

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 he _liked_ it stormy!
Which of them was Goop, and which was not?

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[Illustration: Dress Quickly!]

_DRESS QUICKLY!_

All your life you'll have to dress,
Every single day (unless
You 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, before
You strew your clothing on the floor!

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[Illustration: Danger!]

_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 drink
Forty-four dozen bottles of raven black ink!

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[Illustration: The Reason Why]

_THE REASON WHY_

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