- Merry Stories And Funny Pictures
When the children have been good,
That is, be it understood,
Good at meal-times, good at play,
Good all night and good all day--
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- Sophie Spoilall
I never saw a girl or boy
So prone as Sophie to destroy
Whate'er she laid her hands upon,
Though tough as wood, or hard as stone;
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- The Story Of Romping Polly
"I pray you now, my little child,"
Thus once a kind old lady
Spoke to her niece in accents mild,
"Do try to be more steady.
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- Envious Minnie
Now Minnie was a pretty girl,
Her hair so gracefully did curl;
She had a slender figure, too,
And rosy cheeks, and eyes of blue.
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- Phoebe Ann, The Proud Girl
This Phoebe Ann was a very proud girl,
Her nose had always an upward curl.
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