Snubby Nose shouted, "Pass me the cream! Pass me the butter! Pass me the bread! Can't you see I am starving?"
The mirror spoke up suddenly,
"Snubby Nose it's no use to tease,
You might say, 'Thank you,' and 'if you please.'"
Tippy Toes slipped down from his chair and ran out after Bunny and
Susan.
Snubby Nose cried and he screamed and he howled! He reached for the sugar bowl and it sailed away in the air! He reached for the bread and butter but they went farther out of his reach. He was very hungry and he cried and he screamed and he howled, but there was no one to answer him. By and by he danced before the mirror and said,
"Mirror, mirror, I'll be good,
And speak politely as I should."
The mirror said,
"If you say, 'Thank you' I suppose,
You'll be loved like Tippy Toes."
Then the most surprising thing happened!
Snubby Nose said, "Thank you for a bowl of milk." The milk stood at his plate. Then he said, "Thank you for cookies and sugar and pie." The cookies and sugar and pie stood by his plate. He had never had so much fun before in all his life. He kept on ordering things and they came before him.