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I love The Book of Virtues.  Any book that has stories for everyone in the whole family, regardless of age, has my attention.  I always appreciate any book with such wide application.  The fact that it’s arranged, within each chapter, with stories for the youngers in front and the olders in back makes it so easy to use.

This morning, at the breakfast table, I read a few poems from the chapter on Self-Discipline.  Since we’ve been sick we really need to tighten up the old self-discipline.

I ran across this little gem and Hubs declared it the next memory poem for the little folks ’round here.

Table Rules for Little Folks

In which we learn how to take our daily bread.

In silence I must take my seat,

And give God thanks before I eat;

Must for my food in patience wait,

Till I am asked to hand my plate;

I must not scold, nor whine, nor pout,

Nor move my chair nor plate about;

With knife, or fork, or napkin ring,

I must not play, nor must I sing.

I must not speak a useless word,

For children should be seen, not heard;

I must not talk about my food,

Nor fret if I don’t think it good;

I must not say, “The bread is old,”

“The tea is hot,” “The coffee’s cold”;

My mouth with food I must not crowd,

Nor while I’m eating speak aloud;

Must turn my head to cough or sneeze,

And when I ask, say “If you please”;

The tablecloth I must not spoil,

Nor with my food my fingers soil;

Must keep my seat when I have  done,

Nor round the table sport or run;

When told to rise, then I must put

My chair away with noiseless foot;

And lift my heart to God above,

In praise for all his wondrous love.

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