Jingles And Jests

A Matter of Selection

Said a vulgar little girl, who was sneering at another

In accents that were very far from mild:

"You ain't got no father; you ain't got no mother;

You ain't nothin' but a horrid 'dopted child!"

"I'm quite as good as you," came the answer from the other.

"I was carefully selected from a lot.

But only look at you; your father and your mother

Had to keep you if they wanted to or not!"

--Boston Globe