Stand Up For Right, King Garlic by Joanne Morris Okano

The squirrels had gone home and the people had enough to eat.
Do not ask me this long tale to repeat.
But the people had a long road ahead of them,
Because the people were not clean, ahem.
"Enough of this!" said King Garlic.
"Why can't people wait
Until they are married to date
Their husband or wife in the sack?
Pure thoughts and pure actions
Are what we all need
And I think it is agreed
We need to read the Book of Mormon more
And not just repeat
Trite phrases we've heard
That to us might sound neat.
"Do it when it feels good"
Said the devil, not the Lord.
The word of the Lord is
What he abhorred
And so told the people not to read
The good word of God, did the devil.
How could the people be so evil?"

"Get up everyday at dawn,"
Said the children.
"Then you'll put some breakfast on the table for us and then some
Scriptures will follow, along with a prayer.
I must not say to my brother, So there!
I must help him with his homework
And then off to school
To do sums and Math and learn the Golden Rule.
To do English and French, Spanish
And quizzical things like Science
And form an alliance
To get our homework done before going out
 Until it is time to go out and about.
The Dads and the Mums did not work too hard
Scolding and telling us to work hard
Instead they sat back and enjoyed a rest
After a day of doing their best."

The homeschoolers were brave and stayed home to do work
They could not shirk their work
And parents would not let them play
If they did not do their work and obey
They had to work hard, they had to work fast
And get all their work done, until at last
They went out to play until three or four
And then set the table for dinner and more
Likely washed dishes too after meals
And that was real.
No more Mr. Nice Guy,you think Father said,
But no, Father was kind and put them to bed
With a tale or two and then turned out the light
After he had kissed them goodnight.
                   THE END

Even kings read stories to their children!