English poem
DISCIPLINE
by Ring Lardner
He couldn't have a doughnut, and it made him very mad; He undertook to get revenge by screaming at his dad.
"Cut out that noise!" I ordered, and he gave another roar, And so I put him in "the room" and shut and locked the door.
I left him in his prison cell two minutes, just about, And, penitent, he smiled at me when I did let him out.
But when he got another look at the forbidden fruit He gave a yell that they could hear in Jacksonville or Butte.
"Cut out that noise!" I barked again. "Cut out that foghorn stuff! Perhaps I didn't leave you in your prison long enough.
"You want your dad to keep you jailed all afternoon, I guess." He smiled at me and answered his equivalent for "yes."
More by Ring Lardner
- David R. Lewis: Banker, Chicago
- DECISION REVERSED
- DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- DeWitt McAlpine: V-Pres. Bradner Smith & Co., Chicago
- Dr. W. S. Phillips: Pres. Aviation Club of Chicago
- E. W. Houser: Pres. Barnes-Crosby Co., Chicago
- Edward B. Carson: Pres. Carson Petroleum Co., Chicago
- Edward J. Brundage: Attorney General of Illinois