Jquery Button Not Firing

Jquery Button Not Firing

Okay, I have been playing around with this all day and it just doesn't want to work.

< button   id = "target" > click me </ button >

< script >
    alert( "firing" );
    $(document).ready( function () {
        $( "#target" ).click( function () {
            alert(  "Handler for .click() called."  );
        });
    });
< / script >


The first alert is firing but the alert within the event listener click isn't!