Slovenly Betsy

<h2>WHAT HAPPENED TO LAZY CHARLOTTE</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="f1">&#8220;H</span>ere, Charlotte,&#8221; said Mamma one day.<br/></span> <span class="i0">&#8220;These stockings knit while I'm away,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And should you fail, be sure you'll find<br/></span> <span class="i0">Mamma is strict, although she's kind.&#8221;<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_29.jpg" width-obs="450" height-obs="648" alt="Illustration" /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But Charlotte took a lazy fit,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And did not feel inclined to knit;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And soon upon the ground let fall<br/></span> <span class="i0">Needles, and worsted, hose, and all.<br/></span> <span class="i0">&#8220;I shall not knit,&#8221; said she, &#8220;not I;<br/></span> <span class="i0">At least not now, but by and by;&#8221;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Then stretched, and yawned, and rubbed her eyes,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Like sluggards, when 'tis time to rise.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_31.jpg" width-obs="450" height-obs="652" alt="Illustration" /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">But when Mamma came home, and found<br/></span> <span class="i0">The work all strewed upon the ground,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Quoth she, &#8220;You will not knit, and so<br/></span> <span class="i0">To school barefooted you shall go.&#8221;<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">This put poor Charlotte in a fright.<br/></span> <span class="i0">And though she knew it served her right,<br/></span> <span class="i0">She wept, and begged, and prayed; but still<br/></span> <span class="i0">She could not change her mother's will.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_33.jpg" width-obs="450" height-obs="642" alt="Illustration" /></div> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">To school, where all were spruce and neat,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Poor Charlotte went with naked feet.<br/></span> <span class="i0">Some showed their pity, some their pride,<br/></span> <span class="i0">While Charlotte hid her face and cried.<br/></span></div> </div> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/image_35.jpg" width-obs="450" height-obs="657" alt="Illustration" /></div> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />