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Author:  Louis Slobodkin Copyright Date:  1959 Publisher:  Vanguard Pagination:  26 p. Dedication:

	WILLIE WHITE WAS NOT VERY POLITE. HE DID NOT SAY “EXCUSE ME” WHEN IT WAS RIGHT.

	HE DID NOT SAY “EXCUSE ME” WHEN HE WAS FOUR, AS HE PUSHED PAST PEOPLE GOING THROUGH A DOOR.

	NOR DID HE SAY “EXCUSE ME” IF HE STEPPED ON A TOE THAT BELONGED TO SOMEONE HE DID NOT KNOW.

	WILL NEVER SAID “EXCUSE ME” WHEN HE MADE PEOPLE JUMP BECAUSE HE SHOUTED TOO LOUD OR GAVE THEM A BUMP.

	AND HE DID NOT SAY “EXCUSE ME” WHEN HE TUMBLED HIS CUP AND SPILLED HIS MILK (CAT LAPPED IT UP).

	HE DID NOT SAY “EXCUSE ME” WHEN HIS FATHER WAS ASLEEP AND WILLIE WOKE HIM UP MAKING NOISE LIKE A JEEP.

	HE DID NOT SAY “EXCUSE ME” WHEN HE PULLED GRANDMA'S KNITTING BECAUSE HE PLAYED COWBOY WHERE SHE WAS SITTING.

	BUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW WILLIE WHITE WERE KIND AND GOOD AND VERY POLITE. . . . . . . . . . .

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