````The dogs Fern and Fan
````Are a lovely young span,
```With their ears just as soft as silk.
````But queer little Fem,
````O, when will she learn
`````To eat as a puppy ought,
`````And not
```Put her paws in the basin of milk?=
````Fan growls her advice,
````And declares "You're not nice!"
```Goes back and sits down in disgust;
````Yet of all things to eat,
````Paws and milk are a treat
````To her sister, Fern by name;
`````For shame!
```Shall we send her to bed with a crust?=
--LAVINIA S. GOODWIN.