A short direction <br />To avoid dejection, <br />By variations <br />In occupations, <br />And prolongation <br />Of relaxation, <br />And combinations <br />Of recreations, <br />And disputation <br />On the state of the nation <br />In adaptation <br />To your station, <br />By invitations <br />To friends and relations, <br />By evitation <br />Of amputation, <br />By permutation <br />In conversation, <br />And deep reflection <br />You'll avoid dejection. <br /> <br />Learn well your grammar, <br />And never stammer, <br />Write well and neatly, <br />And sing most sweetly, <br />Be enterprising, <br />Love early rising, <br />Go walk of six miles, <br />Have ready quick smiles, <br />With lightsome laughter, <br />Soft flowing after. <br />Drink tea, not coffee; <br />Never eat toffy. <br />Eat bread with butter. <br />Once more, don't stutter. <br /> <br />Don't waste your money, <br />Abstain from honey. <br />Shut doors behind you, <br />(Don't slam them, mind you.) <br />Drink beer, not porter. <br />Don't enter the water <br />Till to swim you are able. <br />Sit close to the table. <br />Take care of a candle. <br />Shut a door by the handle, <br />Don't push with your shoulder <br />Until you are older. <br />Lose not a button. <br />Refuse cold mutton. <br />Starve your canaries. <br />Believe in fairies. <br />If you are able, <br />Don't have a stable <br />With any mangers. <br />Be rude to strangers. <br /> <br />Moral: Behave.<br /><br />Lewis Carroll<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/rules-and-regulations/
