Author(s): Frank Gelett Burgess
Let me introduce a RaceVoid of Beauty and of Grace,Extraordinary CreaturesWith a Paucity of Features.Though their Forms are fashioned ill,They have Manners stranger still;For in Rudeness they’re Precocious,They’re Atrocious, they’re Ferocious!Yet you’ll learn, if you are Bright,Politeness from the Impolite.When you’ve finished with the Book,At your Conduct take a Look;Ask yourself, upon the Spot,Are you Goop, or are you Not?For, although it’s Fun to See themIt is Terrible to Be them! – Summary by Gelett Burgess