XIX. The Greedy Boy.
Reading edition
Sammy Smith would drink and eat
From morning unto night;
He fill'd his mouth so full of meat,
It was a shameful sight.
Sometimes he gave a book or toy,
For apple, cake, or plum;
And grudg'd if any other boy
Should taste a single crumb.
Indeed he ate and drank so fast,
And us'd to stuff and cram,
The name they call'd him by at last,
Was often Greedy Sam.
