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My Aunt Bertha recited a portion of this poem to me a long time ago.  She said that she had learned it at the Foster one-room schoolhouse, and was asked by her teacher, Nettie Eddy, to recite it before the class.  It has taken me years to find it in print, but I finally located it in a children's poetry book, Indian Summer. by James Courtney Challiss

WILL AND WON'T

Will and Won't were two little boys
Who lived in the land of Stir.
And if you listen, I'll tell you all
Just what kind of boys they were.

Will was very industrious---
A boy who was fond of work.
But Won't was lazy as could be---
A boy who would always shirk.
When Will was told he must do a thing,
He saw to it right away,
While Won't put off till tomorrow
The work he should do to-day.

Will was a boy who had a smile
For everyone he knew
And he minded what his parents said---
Was good to his sister, too.
But Won't was a boy who snarled and frowned,
To others he gave no joy;
And the people used to say of him:---
"Why, there goes the Snarley Boy!"

Both of them finally grew to old men.
Will had a fortune, and more;
He had the respect of all, but Won't
Was begging from door to door.

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