She whipped her poor doll with a crabapple sprig;

But temper don’t last, and when it was past,

Poor Josephine Maud felt very downcast.

“Oh! Josephine Maud!” cried her mother, in sorrow,

“Now what will you do for a dolly tomorrow?”

“Dear! dear! I’m so sorry,” said poor Josephine:

And seldom since then has her temper been seen.

Tommy!

Tommy!