The Well-Mannered Balloon, by Nancy Willard, Illustrated by Haig and Regina Shekerjian, Voyager, 1976小男孩的氣球都不會跟爸媽要東要西，因此爸媽都說這真是一個"Well-mannered balloon."只是等爸媽不在，這個氣球可就不是那麼好伺候的了，一下要水，一下要土司，最後還要......，還好小男孩最後總算想到一個一勞永逸的辦法，解決了這個貪得無厭的氣球。
兒歌：
Little Jack Horner
Little Jack Horner
Sat in the corner.
Eating his Christmas pie.
He put in his thumb.
And pulled out a plum.
And said “What a good boy am I!”