Two good little children, named Mary and Ann, <br />Both happily live, as good girls always can; <br />And though they are not either sullen or mute, <br />They seldom or never are heard to dispute. <br /> <br />If one wants a thing that the other would like <br />Well,what do they do? Must they quarrel and strike? <br />No, each is so willing to give up her own, <br />That such disagreements are there never known. <br /> <br />If one of them happens to have something nice, <br />Directly she offers her sister a slice; <br />And never, like some greedy children, would try <br />To eat in a corner with nobody by! <br /> <br />When papa or mamma has a job to be done; <br />These good little children immediately run; <br />Nor dispute whether this or the other should go, <br />They would be ashamed to behave themselves so! <br /> <br />Whatever occurs, in their work or their play, <br />They are willing to yield, and give up their own way: <br />Then now let us try their example to mind, <br />And always, like them, be obliging and kind.<br /><br />Jane Taylor<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-good-natured-girls/
