And sits, like any monarch on his throne, in nurse's lap,

In some such wise my handkerchief I hold before my face,

And cautiously and quietly I move about the place;

Then, with a cry, I suddenly expose my face to view,

And you should hear him laugh and crow when I say "Booh!"

Sometimes the rascal tries to make believe that he is scared,

And really, when I first began, he stared, and stared, and stared;

And then his under lip came out and farther out it came,

Till mamma and the nurse agreed it was a "cruel shame"—

But now what does that same wee, toddling, lisping baby do