After that, Little Rag-Tag did not come to school for days and days and the teacher found out she was ill.
The school room Clock said, “If you don’t mind,
I’ll give you a lesson in being kind;
It would make you unhappy, too,
If any one were to laugh at you;
Why don’t you try, like Little Miss Shy,
To do a kindness as you pass by?”
Little Miss Brag and Thoughtless Tom were sorry they had been unkind and Little Miss Shy said,
“In school there are so very many,
What if each one gave a penny?