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 Annie Fanny Ruffle Riff; Hear her snuffle! Hear her sniff! Hear her sniffle! Hear her snuff!-- See her--well, I've said enough. _You_ have seen her, I suppose, The Goop who seldom blows her nose? [Illustration: Snuffling and Sniffling] FELICIA ROPPS Funny, how Felicia Ropps Always handles things in shops! Always pinching, always poking, Alwyas feeling, always stroking Things she has no right to touch! Goops like that annoy me much! [Illustration: Handling Things] PERCIVAL B. SLOOP Just look at Percival B. Sloop, A most unpleasant sort of Goop; He pokes his fingers in his nose And wipes his hands upon his clothes; He does a lot of things that you, I know, would never, never do! [Illustration: Acting Uncleanly] SUSIE SMALT "Oh," says little Susie Smalt, "It is someone else's fault!" "_She_ began it!" "_She's_ to blame!" "_She's_ the one that spoiled the game!" So Goops always blame each other; Do _you_ own up your fault to Mother?