XIX. The Greedy Boy.

Sammy Smith would drink and eat

From morning unto night;

He fill'd his mouth so full of meat,

It was a shameful sight.

Sometimes he gave a book or toy,

For apple, cake, or plum;

And grudg'd if any other boy

Should taste a single crumb.

Indeed he ate and drank so fast,

And us'd to stuff and cram,

The name they call'd him by at last,

Was often Greedy Sam.