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Down-trodden, brow-beaten, +m+eek little =M=,
This torrent of fault-finding nothing can stem.
If her mistress were kinder,
No doubt she would find her
The best of good servants, a regular gem.
N the Neighbourly.
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This is good-natured and +n+eighbourly =N=,
Who over the wall has been talking since ten.
To the lady next door,
(Who’s perhaps rather poor)
She’s lending her very best flat-iron again.
[Illustration: =N= THE NEIGHBOURLY]
O the Obliging.
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An +o+bliging +o+fficial is good P’liceman =O=.
He holds up his hand, and the coachman says “Whoa!”
His smile is seraphic,
When stopping the traffic,
To let a small lady cross over, you know.
[Illustration: =O= THE OBLIGING]
P the Perky.
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=P=erky and +p+roud is +p+articular =P=.
She wouldn’t converse with a policeman, not she!
But I have heard it said,
That a soldier in red
By her is regarded more favourably.
[Illustration: =P= THE PERKY]
Q the Quarrelsome.
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This is the +q+uerulous, +q+uarrelsome =Q=.
Nothing will please her, whatever you do;
And from morning till night,
This or that isn’t right,
And whatever you tell her, she says isn’t true.
[Illustration: =Q= THE QUARRELSOME]
R the Respectable.
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Proper and highly +r+espectable =R=.
About your appearance most particular.
The man with the broom
Steps aside to make room,
And wonders, poor fellow, whoever you are.
[Illustration: =R= THE RESPECTABLE]
S the Satisfied.
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In his cooking most highly +s+uccessful is =S=,
And his smiling face doth satisfaction express.
He says, “Very good stew!”
And so, doubtless, would you.
This person’s a Chef, as you see by his dress.
[Illustration: =S= THE SATISFIED]
T the Timid.
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=T=erribly +t+imid is +t+remulous =T=,
Who appears to be sitting uncomfortably.
He looks nervous and ill,
And will certainly spill
All his tea. He has spilt some already, I see.
[Illustration: =T= THE TIMID]
U the Unhappy.
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=U=nfortunate and most +u+nwilling is =U=.
The poor little chap’s in a terrible stew,
When he’s had the tooth out
He’ll be better, no doubt,
And a new tooth will grow where the other one grew.
[Illustration: =U= THE UNHAPPY]