I like to see the policeman,

Who is sometimes called the cop,

When he sees the speeding autos

And he makes the traffic stop.

—Jean Wold, John Johnson,
and Frederick Vickery,
Second Grade, Hinsdale, Illinois

John O’Gradgen was a wild man.

He whipped his children now and then.

When he whipped them, he made them dance

Out of Ireland into France.