Corinne's Musicale / Margaret Sidney

Inside of me says I am naughty,

But truly, I know I am not;

For if Brother Joe could see me

Right in this very same spot,

He'd let me do just what I'm doing,

I'm very sure; that is, perhaps.

Oh dear! however do big folks

Hold this thing straight in their laps?

Caryl's Plum / Margaret Sidney

"He put in his thumb

And pulled out a plum."

So sang Caryl over the stairs.

"Now if HE pulled out a plum, why shouldn't SHE?" she said to herself, halting a bit by the landing window. "And a good big plum too--nice and juicy. O Aunt Sylvia, Aunt Sylvia!"

She fairly hugged herself in glee, then drew one long breath and dashed on to her own poor little room.