would do it;
His mother'd scold him,
if she knew it.

[Illustration: Not Wiping Nose]


ELIAS E. McGUFF

Elias Ethelbert
McGuff,
Oh, he was rude
and he was rough!
He used to pinch,
he used to poke,
And called his rudeness
just a joke.
What made him plague
his playmates so?
He was a Goop
and didn't know!

[Illustration: Rough and Rude]


SOLOMON McKIM

I wonder if
you ever meet
The Goop who always