[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
    scuffs his feet? 
He makes them drag
    along the floor
As if they weighed
    a ton or more. 
Just think of
    Solomon McKim,
And don’t be slovenly
    like him!

[Illustration:  Scuffing Feet]

JOHN D. PELL

When John D. Pell
    wants something done,
D’you think he asks
    of anyone? 
Oh, no!  He orders
    someone to,
With “Get my hat!”
    or, “Tie my shoe!”
The Goops all say
    rude things like these,
But you, of course,
    say, “If you please!”

[Illustration:  Ordering People]

ESAU POUND

When you’re finished
    with your play,
Do you put
    your toys away? 
Do you put
    away your hat,
And your coat,
    and things like that? 
Or, are you
    like Esau Pound? 
He’s the Goop
    who leaves things ’round!

[Illustration:  Leaving Things Around]

ELIZA PUDDINGFOOT

If you should ask
    why Rosamund
Eliza Puddingfoot
    was shunned,
I’d say, because
    she’d always cheat
In every game,
    so she could beat. 
Only a Goop
    would act that way
And be dishonest
    in her play.

[Illustration:  Cheating at Play]

AMELIA PRATT

“I won’t!” says young
    Amelia Pratt;
“I won’t do this!”
    “I won’t do that!”
Now isn’t “won’t”
    the naughtiest word
That anyone
    has ever heard? 
Now isn’t that
    the rudest way
A Goop could answer? 
    I should say!

[Illustration:  Saying “I won’t”]

JUMBO RAY

No children ever
    like to play
With such a Goop
    as Jumbo Ray. 
For he will snatch
    and grab the toys
Of all the little
    girls and boys. 
Though Jumbo loves
    to fuss and fight,
You know, of course,
    it isn’t right.

[Illustration:  Snatching Toys]

ANNIE F. R. RIFF