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Taken from the 1914 Beacon Second Reader
Illustration by Eona F. Hart ~ Poem by Alice Cary
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Suppose, my little lady,     Your doll should break her head, Could you make it whole by crying     Till your eyes and nose are red? And would n't it be better far     To treat it as a joke, And say you 're glad 't was Dolly's     And not your head that broke? Suppose you 're dressed for walking,     And the rain comes pouring down, Will it clear off any sooner     Because you scold and frown? And would n't it be nicer     For you to smile than pout, And so make sunshine in the house     When there is none without? Suppose your task, my little man,     Is very hard to get, Will it make it any easier     For you to sit and fret? And would n't it be wiser     Than waiting like a dunce, To go to work in earnest,     And learn the thing at once?