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See - <a href="https://archive.org/details/kittenscatsbooko00grov"> - https://archive.org/details/kittenscatsbooko00grov</a> - </td> - </tr> -</table> -<p> </p> -<hr class="pgx" /> -<p> </p> -<p> </p> -<p> </p> -<p> </p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/cover.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="Cover image" /> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_i" id="Page_i">[i]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus1.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">I AM THE QUEEN</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_ii" id="Page_ii">[ii]</a></span></p> - -<p class="titlepage larger">KITTENS AND CATS</p> - -<p class="center larger gothic">A First Reader</p> - -<p class="titlepage">BY<br /> -<span class="larger">EULALIE OSGOOD GROVER</span><br /> -<span class="smaller">AUTHOR OF “THE SUNBONNET BABIES’ PRIMER,”<br /> -“THE OVERALL BOYS,” ETC.</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter titlepage" style="width: 300px;"> -<img src="images/titlepage.jpg" width="300" height="250" alt="" /> -</div> - -<p class="titlepage">HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY<br /> -<span class="smaller">BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · DALLAS · SAN FRANCISCO<br /> -<span class="gothic">The Riverside Press Cambridge</span></span></p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iii" id="Page_iii">[iii]</a></span></p> - -<p class="titlepage smaller">COPYRIGHT, 1911<br /> -BY EULALIE OSGOOD GROVER</p> - -<p class="center smaller">PICTURES COPYRIGHTED BY THE ROTOGRAPH CO.</p> - -<p class="center smaller">ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE<br /> -THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY FORM</p> - -<p class="titlepage smaller"><span class="gothic">The Riverside Press</span><br /> -CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS<br /> -PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.</p> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_iv" id="Page_iv">[iv]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 450px;"> -<img src="images/dedication.jpg" width="450" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption"><span class="larger">TO FRITZ</span><br /> -WHO LOVES KITTENS AND CATS AS MUCH AS YOU AND I DO</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_v" id="Page_v">[v]</a></span></p> - -<h2>CONTENTS</h2> - -<table summary="Contents"> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">The Queen</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THE_QUEEN">2</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Granny Gray</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#GRANNY_GRAY">4</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Getting Ready</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#GETTING_READY">6</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">I wonder</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#I_WONDER">7</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Ready for the Party</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#READY_FOR_THE_PARTY">8</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Full Cart</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_FULL_CART">9</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Time to Start</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#TIME_TO_START">10</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Is my Hat on Straight</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#IS_MY_HAT_ON_STRAIGHT">12</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Hiding</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#HIDING">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">An Invitation</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#AN_INVITATION">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">No Party for Me</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#NO_PARTY_FOR_ME">16</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">I’m Off</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#IM_OFF">18</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Being Weighed</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#BEING_WEIGHED">20</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vi" id="Page_vi">[vi]</a></span><span class="smcap">The Party</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THE_PARTY">22</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">The Commanding Officer</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THE_COMMANDING_OFFICER">23</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">The Latest News</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THE_LATEST_NEWS">24</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">What is It?</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#WHAT_IS_IT">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">I’ll sing you a Song</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#ILL_SING_YOU_A_SONG">26</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Tale of a Mouse</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_TALE_OF_A_MOUSE">28</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">We are the Cats</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#WE_ARE_THE_CATS">29</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Nurse’s Tale</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_NURSES_TALE">30</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Famous Mouser</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_FAMOUS_MOUSER">32</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Long Time Ago</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_LONG_TIME_AGO">34</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Dunce’s Tale</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_DUNCES_TALE">36</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Tale of Three Kittens</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_TALE_OF_THREE_KITTENS">38</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">The Kittens Three</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THE_KITTENS_THREE">41</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Rainy-Day Tale</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_RAINY-DAY_TALE">42</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Tale of London Town</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_TALE_OF_LONDON_TOWN">44</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Tale I know</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_TALE_I_KNOW">46</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_vii" id="Page_vii">[vii]</a></span><span class="smcap">A Tale of St. Ives</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_TALE_OF_ST_IVES">48</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Little Fairy’s Tale</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_LITTLE_FAIRYS_TALE">50</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Secret</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_SECRET">52</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Who was He</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#WHO_WAS_HE">54</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Stranger</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_STRANGER">55</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Sad Tale</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_SAD_TALE">56</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">My Own Tale</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#MY_OWN_TALE">58</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Three Tales</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THREE_TALES">60</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A Sight to See</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_SIGHT_TO_SEE">61</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">A ’Fraid-Cat’s Tale</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#A_FRAID-CATS_TALE">62</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">From the North Pole</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#FROM_THE_NORTH_POLE">64</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">The Twins</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THE_TWINS">66</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Do we look Alike</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#DO_WE_LOOK_ALIKE">67</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">What shall we Sing</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#WHAT_SHALL_WE_SING">68</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Waiting</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#WAITING">69</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_viii" id="Page_viii">[viii]</a></span><span class="smcap">Ding, Dong, Bell</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#DING_DONG_BELL">70</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">The Dining-Room</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THE_DINING-ROOM">72</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">I am so Hungry</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#I_AM_SO_HUNGRY">74</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">The Queen’s Tea-Table</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THE_QUEENS_TEA-TABLE">75</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Seven Little Pussy-Cats</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#SEVEN_LITTLE_PUSSY-CATS">76</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Many Thanks</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#MANY_THANKS">78</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Good Night</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#GOOD_NIGHT">79</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">The Last Tale</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#THE_LAST_TALE">80</a></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_1" id="Page_1">[1]</a></span></p> - -<h1>KITTENS AND CATS</h1> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_2" id="Page_2">[2]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="THE_QUEEN">THE QUEEN</h2> - -<p>I am the Queen of all the Kittens.</p> - -<p>I am the Queen! the Queen!</p> - -<p>Come, all you kittens and cats.</p> - -<p>Hear what I have to say.</p> - -<p>To-morrow I give a grand party.</p> - -<p>The party will be in my palace.</p> - -<p>You are all invited from the biggest to -the littlest, from the oldest to the youngest, -from the blackest to the whitest.</p> - -<p>So wash your paws and shine your fur.</p> - -<p>Forget your naughty tricks and do not -one of you dare be late to your Queen’s -party.</p> - -<p>To-morrow at one o’clock.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_3" id="Page_3">[3]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus2.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">IT IS MY PARTY</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_4" id="Page_4">[4]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="GRANNY_GRAY">GRANNY GRAY</h2> - -<p>I am Granny Gray.</p> - -<p>I am very, very old, but I am going to -the Queen’s party.</p> - -<p>I am grandmother to a great many -kittens.</p> - -<p>When any of them are naughty their -mothers always send for me.</p> - -<p>When any of them are sick I always -know what to do.</p> - -<p>I teach them how to sing.</p> - -<p>I teach them how to scratch.</p> - -<p>I teach them how to catch mice.</p> - -<p>I am very, very old.</p> - -<p>They call me Granny Gray.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus3.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">I AM GRANNY GRAY</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="GETTING_READY">GETTING READY</h2> - -<p>Hark, hark! what is that noise?</p> - -<p>No, I cannot play with you now.</p> - -<p>I must take my bath.</p> - -<p>I must get ready for the party.</p> - -<p>I have a new jacket and a new hat to -wear.</p> - -<p>My pants were new last week, but they -are not new now.</p> - -<p>I tore two holes in them when I climbed -the apple tree in the back yard.</p> - -<p>Mother patched them, but someway the -patches show more than the holes did.</p> - -<p>Perhaps my new jacket will cover the -patches. I hope I shall look well dressed.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus4.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">I AM TAKING MY BATH</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="I_WONDER">I WONDER</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">I wonder if those horrid patches</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Upon my trousers white</div> -<div class="verse">Would show as much if they were not</div> -<div class="verse indent1">As black as black as night?</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="READY_FOR_THE_PARTY">READY FOR THE PARTY</h2> - -<p>Mew! mew! mew! mew!</p> - -<p>Come, mother, come quickly!</p> - -<p>We are all ready and waiting to start.</p> - -<p>Yes, we are all here.</p> - -<p>There are one, two, three, four of us.</p> - -<p>The carriage is pretty small, but we -think we can all get in.</p> - -<p>We will be good this time and not -push each other out.</p> - -<p>But please do come quickly, mother.</p> - -<p>It is hard to sit so still.</p> - -<p>Mew! mew! mew! mew!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus5.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">WE ARE ALL HERE</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="A_FULL_CART">A FULL CART</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">We are three little cats in a cart</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And one underneath on the floor,</div> -<div class="verse">The cart is so full we hardly see how</div> -<div class="verse indent1">There’ll be any room for more.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="TIME_TO_START">TIME TO START</h2> - -<p>Dear me! my kittens are in such a -hurry! They give me no time to dress.</p> - -<p>It takes a very long time to shine my -fur and to fix my bonnet.</p> - -<p>It is a new bonnet. This is the first time -I have worn it. I hope it looks all right.</p> - -<p>I must practice sitting up straight and -proper just for a minute. I want the -Queen to know that I am a fine lady.</p> - -<p>I hope my kittens will not rough up -their fur. If they do I shall have to -shine it all over again.</p> - -<p>Now we must start.</p> - -<p>Where is their father?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus6.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">I HAVE A NEW BONNET</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="IS_MY_HAT_ON_STRAIGHT">IS MY HAT ON STRAIGHT</h2> - -<p>Here I am. Yes, I am the father of -those four fine kittens.</p> - -<p>They are such beautiful kittens their -mother does not even tie ribbons around -their necks.</p> - -<p>I am glad of that, for I do not like -ribbons.</p> - -<p>I must go now and take them all to -the Queen’s palace. I am sure they will -be the handsomest kittens there.</p> - -<p>I suppose I shall have to push their -carriage.</p> - -<p>Come, mother, let us be off. Are my -whiskers stiff? Is my hat on straight?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus7.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">WAITING FOR THE CHILDREN</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="HIDING">HIDING</h2> - -<p>Don’t tell anybody where I am.</p> - -<p>I am hiding away from mother.</p> - -<p>She wants me to go to the Queen’s -party and I don’t want to go.</p> - -<p>I don’t like the Queen, she is so grand -and dignified.</p> - -<p>She frightens me.</p> - -<p>I would rather hide in this pitcher all -day than go to the Queen’s palace.</p> - -<p>Please don’t tell where I am.</p> - -<p>You will not, will you?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_15" id="Page_15">[15]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus8.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">DON’T TELL ANYBODY</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="AN_INVITATION">AN INVITATION</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">I’ve had an invitation</div> -<div class="verse indent1">To go to see the Queen,</div> -<div class="verse">But I’m a bashful kitten</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And I’d rather not be seen.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_16" id="Page_16">[16]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="NO_PARTY_FOR_ME">NO PARTY FOR ME</h2> - -<p>How strange it is that some of us <em>want</em> -to go to the party, and some <em>do not</em> want -to go. Some of us <em>can</em> go, and some <em>cannot</em> -go.</p> - -<p>I am one who <em>wants</em> to go, and I am -one who <em>cannot</em> go.</p> - -<p>I have a sick head. It aches. Perhaps -I caught too many mice last night.</p> - -<p>The doctor has been here. He told me -to take this medicine every half-hour.</p> - -<p>How I wish I could go to the party!</p> - -<p>They surely will have something good -to eat there, but I must stay at home and -take my medicine.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_17" id="Page_17">[17]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus9.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">I HAVE A SICK HEAD</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_18" id="Page_18">[18]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="IM_OFF">I’M OFF</h2> - -<p>I’m off for the Queen’s palace.</p> - -<p>I’m the only cat in our country who -has an automobile.</p> - -<p>But I suppose all the fine cats will be -having them soon.</p> - -<p>It is really great fun to ride faster -than any cat or kitten can run.</p> - -<p>I would invite you to ride too, but -there is room for only one.</p> - -<p>So, good-bye!</p> - -<p>I’m off for the Queen’s party.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[19]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus10.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">IN MY AUTOMOBILE</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_20" id="Page_20">[20]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="BEING_WEIGHED">BEING WEIGHED</h2> - -<p>Yes, I am being weighed.</p> - -<p>It frightens me to hang in the air like -this.</p> - -<p>What if I should fall, with my feet -tied up in this bag!</p> - -<p>I am sure I should be killed!</p> - -<p>Can you see how much I weigh?</p> - -<p>Nearly two pounds?</p> - -<p>You don’t mean it!</p> - -<p>Then I am big enough to go to the -party all alone, though I am not sure -that I want to go.</p> - -<p>I think I had rather stay at home and -play.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_21" id="Page_21">[21]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus11.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">HOW MUCH DO I WEIGH?</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_22" id="Page_22">[22]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="THE_PARTY">THE PARTY</h2> - -<p>Attention, kittens and cats! The clock -strikes one. The Queen’s party has begun.</p> - -<p>I am the Commanding Officer of the -palace. Attention to what I have to say!</p> - -<p>Our Queen bids you welcome.</p> - -<p>She waits for you in her throne room.</p> - -<p>As you each pass in you must salute -her and recite for her a cat tale, a rat -tale, or some other tale, long or short, true -or not.</p> - -<p>But no fears or tears, for our Queen -has a fine dinner in her grand dining-room -for all brave kittens and cats.</p> - -<p>Now who has the best tale?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_23" id="Page_23">[23]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus12.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">I’VE A FEATHER IN MY CAP</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="THE_COMMANDING_OFFICER">THE COMMANDING OFFICER</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">I’m an officer of the Queen;</div> -<div class="verse indent1">I’m proud as proud can be,</div> -<div class="verse">For I’ve a feather in my cap,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">As any one can see.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_24" id="Page_24">[24]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="THE_LATEST_NEWS">THE LATEST NEWS</h2> - -<p>We are here to bring great news, O -Queen!</p> - -<p>We are here to bring great news!</p> - -<p>Do you know—!</p> - -<p>Do you know—!</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Do you know a balloon</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Has gone up to the moon!</div> -<div class="verse">The moon has been found</div> -<div class="verse indent1">By a great, big balloon.</div> -<div class="verse">‘Up in a balloon, boys,</div> -<div class="verse">Sailing round the moon, boys.’</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Just think of that!</div> -<div class="verse">Hurrah for the balloon!</div> -<div class="verse">Hurrah for the big moon!</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_25" id="Page_25">[25]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus13.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">BREAKING THE NEWS</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="WHAT_IS_IT">WHAT IS IT</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">What’s the news of the day,</div> -<div class="verse">Good neighbor, I pray?</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">They say a balloon</div> -<div class="verse">Has gone up to the moon.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_26" id="Page_26">[26]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="ILL_SING_YOU_A_SONG">I’LL SING YOU A SONG</h2> - -<p>I am a famous singer among kittens -and cats. I sing in the kitten choir and -in big concerts.</p> - -<p>I wear a French bonnet when I sing.</p> - -<p>My voice is very soft and very sweet.</p> - -<p>I have come here to-day to sing for my -Queen.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse indent1">Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r!</div> -<div class="verse indent1">I’ll sing <em>you</em> a song.</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Though not very long,</div> -<div class="verse">Yet I think it is as pretty as any.</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Put your hand in your purse,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">You’ll never be worse,</div> -<div class="verse">And give the sweet singer a penny.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_27" id="Page_27">[27]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus14.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">THE SWEET SINGER</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_28" id="Page_28">[28]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_TALE_OF_A_MOUSE">A TALE OF A MOUSE</h2> - -<p>Listen, O Queen, to this tale of a mouse!</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">‘Hickory, dickory, dock,</div> -<div class="verse">The mouse ran up the clock;</div> -<div class="verse indent1">The clock struck one,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And down he run,</div> -<div class="verse">Hickory, dickory, dock.’</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>And we gobbled him up.</p> - -<p>So, dear Queen, no mouse shall trouble -your party while we two brave cats are -here.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_29" id="Page_29">[29]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus15.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">TWO BRAVE CATS</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="WE_ARE_THE_CATS">WE ARE THE CATS</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Oh! we are the cats that caught the mouse.</div> -<div class="verse indent1">That ran up the clock so fast.</div> -<div class="verse">The clock struck one, and down he run,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And we gobbled him up at last.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_30" id="Page_30">[30]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_NURSES_TALE">A NURSE’S TALE</h2> - -<p>I’m the nurse who takes care of kittens -and cats when they are sick.</p> - -<p>Sometimes they eat too much and have -the stomach-ache.</p> - -<p>Sometimes they fall down stairs and -bump their heads.</p> - -<p>Sometimes they get their tails bitten -by bad dogs.</p> - -<p>Then their mothers send for me and I -take care of them until they are well.</p> - -<p>I always wear a white dress and a -white bonnet.</p> - -<p>If you ever get sick just send for me -and I will take care of you.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_31" id="Page_31">[31]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus16.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">A LITTLE NURSE</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_32" id="Page_32">[32]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_FAMOUS_MOUSER">A FAMOUS MOUSER</h2> - -<p>I am a famous mouser. I have caught -more mice than any other cat.</p> - -<p>I can see them afar off.</p> - -<p>I can hear them afar off.</p> - -<p>I can scent them afar off.</p> - -<p>They are all afraid of me.</p> - -<p>They scurry away whenever they see -me coming.</p> - -<p>I wear soft pads on the bottom of my -feet so they cannot hear me.</p> - -<p>I keep my teeth white and sharp.</p> - -<p>My friends call me ‘the Mouse Trap.’</p> - -<p>But I know a Kitty who is not a good -mouser. I will tell you about her.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_33" id="Page_33">[33]</a></span></p> - -<p>This is my story:—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<p class="center" id="A_LONG_TIME_AGO">A LONG TIME AGO</p> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Once there was a little Kitty,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">White as the snow;</div> -<div class="verse">In the barn she used to frolic,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Long time ago.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">In the barn a little Mousie,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Ran to and fro;</div> -<div class="verse">For she heard the Kitty coming,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Long time ago.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Nine pearl teeth had little Kitty,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">All in a row;</div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_34" id="Page_34">[34]</a></span> -<div class="verse">And they bit the little Mousie,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Long time ago.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">When the teeth bit little Mousie,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Mousie cried, Oh!</div> -<div class="verse">But she got away from Kitty,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Long time ago.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>No mouse ever slipped through my -paws like that, I am glad to say.</p> - -<p>I am a great mouser.</p> - -<p>Yes, I am a famous mouser, O Queen!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_35" id="Page_35">[35]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus17.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">‘THE MOUSE TRAP’</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_36" id="Page_36">[36]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_DUNCES_TALE">A DUNCE’S TALE</h2> - -<p>The other day in school I couldn’t do -my sums.</p> - -<p>I couldn’t tell how many two and two -make.</p> - -<p>I couldn’t read my lesson.</p> - -<p>I couldn’t say my A B C’s.</p> - -<p>I couldn’t sing my song.</p> - -<p>So the teacher made me stand on a -stool. Then she put this cap on my head.</p> - -<p>I have had to wear it ever since.</p> - -<p>After this I am going to study hard.</p> - -<p>I don’t like to be called a dunce.</p> - -<p>I don’t like to sit on a stool.</p> - -<p>Would you?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_37" id="Page_37">[37]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus18.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">YES, I AM A DUNCE</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_38" id="Page_38">[38]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_TALE_OF_THREE_KITTENS">A TALE OF THREE KITTENS</h2> - -<p>We will tell you a tale of ourselves, dear -Queen. A tale of three little kittens.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">‘Three little Kittens lost their mittens,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And they began to cry,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">“O mother dear,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">We very much fear</div> -<div class="verse indent1">That we have lost our mittens.”</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse indent2">‘“Lost your mittens!</div> -<div class="verse indent2">You naughty Kittens!</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Then you shall have no pie.”</div> -<div class="verse indent2">“Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow!”</div> -<div class="verse indent1">“No, you shall have no pie.”</div> -<div class="verse indent2">“Mee-ow, mee-ow, mee-ow!”</div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_39" id="Page_39">[39]</a></span> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">The three little Kittens found their mittens,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And they began to cry,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">“O mother dear,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">See here, see here,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">See! we have found our mittens.”</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse indent2">‘“Put on your mittens,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">You silly Kittens,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And you may have some pie.”</div> -<div class="verse indent2">“Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Oh, let us have the pie!</div> -<div class="verse indent2">Purr-r, purr-r, purr-r.”’</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_40" id="Page_40">[40]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus19.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">THE KITTENS THAT LOST THEIR MITTENS</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_41" id="Page_41">[41]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="THE_KITTENS_THREE">THE KITTENS THREE</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Did you ever see the kittens three</div> -<div class="verse indent1">That lost their mittens so red?</div> -<div class="verse indent1">They hopped in chairs and looked about,</div> -<div class="verse">And ‘mee-ow’ and ‘mee-ow,’ they said.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus20.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">MEE-OW, MEE-OW</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_42" id="Page_42">[42]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_RAINY-DAY_TALE">A RAINY-DAY TALE</h2> - -<p>One day it rained and we could not -go out of doors.</p> - -<p>So my brothers and sisters and I played -Hide and Seek in the attic.</p> - -<p>All of a sudden one of my brothers -said, ‘I’ll tell you what let’s do!’</p> - -<p>‘What’s that?’ we all asked together.</p> - -<p>‘Let’s dress up! It’s lots of fun.’</p> - -<p>So we ran to the closet where father -and mother keep their Sunday clothes.</p> - -<p>I put on father’s trousers, and now I -wear them every day.</p> - -<p>My brothers and sisters laugh at me.</p> - -<p>But I think I look fine, don’t you!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_43" id="Page_43">[43]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus21.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">HIS FATHER’S TROUSERS</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_44" id="Page_44">[44]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_TALE_OF_LONDON_TOWN">A TALE OF LONDON TOWN</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">If you should say:—</div> -<div class="verse indent1">‘Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">Where have you been?’</div> -<div class="verse">I should say:—</div> -<div class="verse indent1">‘I’ve been to London</div> -<div class="verse indent2">To look at the Queen.’</div> -<div class="verse">If you should say:—</div> -<div class="verse indent1">‘Pussy-cat, pussy-cat,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">What did you there?’</div> -<div class="verse">Then I should say:—</div> -<div class="verse indent1">‘I frightened a little mouse</div> -<div class="verse indent2">From under her chair.’</div> -<div class="verse">And she gave me these fine clothes.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus22.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">THE HERO</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_46" id="Page_46">[46]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_TALE_I_KNOW">A TALE I KNOW</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse indent3">Hey! diddle, diddle,</div> -<div class="verse indent3">The cat and the fiddle.</div> -<div class="verse indent1">The cow jumped over the moon;</div> -<div class="verse indent3">The little dog laughed</div> -<div class="verse indent3">To see such sport,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">While the dish ran after the spoon.</div> -<div class="verse">I <em>know</em>, for I was the cat with the fiddle.</div> -<div class="verse">I saw the cow jump over the moon.</div> -<div class="verse">I heard the little dog laugh.</div> -<div class="verse">I saw the dish run away with the spoon.</div> -<div class="verse">Poor spoon!</div> -<div class="verse">I saw the whole of the fun.</div> -<div class="verse indent3">Hey! diddle, diddle,</div> -<div class="verse indent3">The cat and the fiddle!</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_47" id="Page_47">[47]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus23.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">HEY! DIDDLE, DIDDLE</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_48" id="Page_48">[48]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_TALE_OF_ST_IVES">A TALE OF ST. IVES</h2> - -<p>Listen, O Queen! to my wonderful tale.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">‘As I was going to St. Ives,</div> -<div class="verse">I met a man with seven wives</div> -<div class="verse">Every wife had seven sacks,</div> -<div class="verse">Every sack had seven cats,</div> -<div class="verse">Every cat had seven kits:</div> -<div class="verse">Kits, cats, sacks, and wives,</div> -<div class="verse">How many were there going to St. Ives?’</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>I have thought and counted, and -counted and thought, but I cannot tell -how many were going to St. Ives.</p> - -<p>Can you help me, wise Queen?</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_49" id="Page_49">[49]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus24.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">ON THE WAY TO ST. IVES</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_50" id="Page_50">[50]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_LITTLE_FAIRYS_TALE">A LITTLE FAIRY’S TALE</h2> - -<p>I am called Little Fairy.</p> - -<p>Would you know that I am <em>only</em> a -kitten, dear Queen?</p> - -<p>Even the mice do not know it, for -they play with me and we have fine -frolics together.</p> - -<p>One day a little mouse told me just -where to find his house.</p> - -<p>If he had known that I was a real, -live kitten, I am sure he never would -have told me.</p> - -<p>Would you like to know where the -little mouse lives? A friend was with -me and she will tell you. Listen!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_51" id="Page_51">[51]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus25.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">THEY CALL ME LITTLE FAIRY</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_52" id="Page_52">[52]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_SECRET">A SECRET</h2> - -<p>Yes, listen to my wonderful secret!</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">I asked the mouse,</div> -<div class="verse">‘Where is your house?’</div> -<div class="verse">The mouse then said to me,</div> -<div class="verse">‘Tell not the cat</div> -<div class="verse">And I’ll tell thee.</div> -<div class="verse">Up stairs and down stairs,</div> -<div class="verse">Then straight ahead;</div> -<div class="verse">To the right, to the left,</div> -<div class="verse">Then bend down your head;</div> -<div class="verse">For there is my house</div> -<div class="verse">With the door so small,</div> -<div class="verse">That even a mouse</div> -<div class="verse">Can’t go in if he’s tall.’</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_53" id="Page_53">[53]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus26.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">I KNOW A SECRET</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_54" id="Page_54">[54]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="WHO_WAS_HE">WHO WAS HE</h2> - -<p>I have a strange tale, O Queen.</p> - -<p>The other day I found a round glass.</p> - -<p>An old man was looking into the glass, -so I looked in, and guess what I saw.</p> - -<p>I saw a cat looking straight at me.</p> - -<p>His face was white just like mine.</p> - -<p>His eyes had black spots in them just -like mine, and his whiskers were long -just like mine.</p> - -<p>When I said ‘Mew!’ he said ‘Mew!’</p> - -<p>When I moved my paw, he moved his -paw.</p> - -<p>When I ran away, he ran away too, so -I never have found out who he was.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_55" id="Page_55">[55]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus27.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">BEHIND THE LOOKING-GLASS</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="A_STRANGER">A STRANGER</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">I’ve met the cat that lives behind</div> -<div class="verse indent1">The looking glass, you see.</div> -<div class="verse">He’s very handsome, and he looks</div> -<div class="verse indent1">For all the world like me.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_56" id="Page_56">[56]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_SAD_TALE">A SAD TALE</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse indent4">Ding, dong, bell!</div> -<div class="verse">My pretty pussy is drowned, is drowned!</div> -<div class="verse indent4">Ding, dong, bell!</div> -<div class="verse indent4">Pussy’s in the well.</div> -<div class="verse indent4">Who put her in?</div> -<div class="verse indent4">Little Tommy Lin.</div> -<div class="verse indent4">Who pulled her out?</div> -<div class="verse indent4">Great Johnny Stout.</div> -<div class="verse">What a naughty boy was that,</div> -<div class="verse">To drown the poor, poor pussy-cat,</div> -<div class="verse">Who never did him any harm,</div> -<div class="verse">But killed the mice in his father’s barn.</div> -<div class="verse indent4">Ding, dong, bell!</div> -<div class="verse">I am sad, so sad, dear Queen!</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_57" id="Page_57">[57]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus28.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">MY PUSSY’S IN THE WELL</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_58" id="Page_58">[58]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="MY_OWN_TALE">MY OWN TALE</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Pussy-cat Mew jumped over a coal,</div> -<div class="verse">And in her best petticoat burnt a great hole.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Poor Pussy’s weeping, she’ll have no more milk</div> -<div class="verse">Until her best petticoat’s mended with silk.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse indent4">Mew! mew! mew!</div> -<div class="verse indent4">I am Pussy-cat Mew.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_59" id="Page_59">[59]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus29.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">PUSSY-CAT MEW</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_60" id="Page_60">[60]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="THREE_TALES">THREE TALES</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">I am the cat, that caught the rat,</div> -<div class="verse">That ate the malt,</div> -<div class="verse">That lay in the house that Jack built.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">I am the dog, that worried the cat,</div> -<div class="verse">That caught the rat,</div> -<div class="verse">That ate the malt,</div> -<div class="verse">That lay in the house that Jack built.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">I am the kitten all forlorn,</div> -<div class="verse">That scratched the dog,</div> -<div class="verse">That worried the cat,</div> -<div class="verse">That caught the rat,</div> -<div class="verse">That ate the malt,</div> -<div class="verse">That lay in the house that Jack built.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_61" id="Page_61">[61]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus30.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">PRIZE-WINNERS</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="A_SIGHT_TO_SEE">A SIGHT TO SEE</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">The cat and the dog and the kitten</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Were as brave as brave could be,</div> -<div class="verse">But when they came to visit the Queen,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Why, they were a sight to see!</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_62" id="Page_62">[62]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_FRAID-CATS_TALE">A ’FRAID-CAT’S TALE</h2> - -<p>Once I was a ’fraid-cat, dear Queen.</p> - -<p>All the kittens and cats laughed at -me and sang this song about me.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse"><em>C</em> was a cat who ran after a rat,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">But her courage did fail</div> -<div class="verse indent2">When he seized on her tail.</div> -<div class="verse">Now what do you think that cat did do?</div> -<div class="verse">She jumped in a chair and cried,</div> -<div class="verse indent14">Mew! mew!</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse"><em>I</em> was the cat who ran after the rat,</div> -<div class="verse indent2">But my courage did fail</div> -<div class="verse indent2">When he seized on my tail.</div> -<div class="verse indent14">Mew! mew!</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_63" id="Page_63">[63]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus31.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">MY COURAGE DID FAIL</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_64" id="Page_64">[64]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="FROM_THE_NORTH_POLE">FROM THE NORTH POLE</h2> - -<p>I came from the land of the snow, -from the land of the Eskimo, where the -summer is all day and the winter is all -night.</p> - -<p>We dress in fur coats up there.</p> - -<p>It’s cold, so cold one can hardly wink.</p> - -<p>But I am proud of my land, for the -North Pole is there.</p> - -<p>The dogs have seen it. They tell us -so.</p> - -<p>And what the dogs say is true, you -know.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_65" id="Page_65">[65]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus32.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">A LITTLE ESKIMO</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_66" id="Page_66">[66]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="THE_TWINS">THE TWINS</h2> - -<p>We are twin kittens.</p> - -<p>There are two of us, and we look just -alike.</p> - -<p>Our brothers and sisters cannot tell us -apart.</p> - -<p>Even our mother cannot tell us apart.</p> - -<p>When one of us says “Mew!” the -other says “Mew!”</p> - -<p>When one is hungry, the other is -hungry.</p> - -<p>When one is sleepy, the other is sleepy.</p> - -<p>We are afraid, dear Queen, that we are -beginning to be sleepy right now.</p> - -<p>We have had such fun at your party!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_67" id="Page_67">[67]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus33.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">TWO SLEEPY KITTENS</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="DO_WE_LOOK_ALIKE">DO WE LOOK ALIKE</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">We look alike and dress alike,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And act alike, they say,</div> -<div class="verse">And that is why we’re called the Twins</div> -<div class="verse indent1">By good old Granny Gray.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_68" id="Page_68">[68]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="WHAT_SHALL_WE_SING">WHAT SHALL WE SING</h2> - -<p>We are twins too, and they say we -look alike.</p> - -<p>We are so hungry just now we simply -cannot tell you a tale.</p> - -<p>But we will sing you a song,—if we -can think of one.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Hey ding a ding, what shall we sing?</div> -<div class="verse indent1">How many holes in a skimmer?</div> -<div class="verse">Four and twenty,—we’re feeling quite empty;</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Dear Queen, give us some dinner.</div> -<div class="verse">Hey ding a ding, what shall we sing?</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Dear Queen, give us some dinner.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_69" id="Page_69">[69]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus34.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">WE’RE FEELING QUITE EMPTY</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="WAITING">WAITING</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">We’ve washed our paws and noses red;</div> -<div class="verse indent1">We think we look quite neat;</div> -<div class="verse">We’ve donned our bibs, and now we beg</div> -<div class="verse indent1">For something good to eat.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_70" id="Page_70">[70]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="DING_DONG_BELL">DING, DONG, BELL</h2> - -<p>Ding, dong, bell!</p> - -<p>We have something to tell!</p> - -<p>All you kittens and cats who have told -tales of rats, or of mice, or of cats, and -have made our Queen laugh, listen!</p> - -<p>The Queen bids you come to the grand -dining-room. There a dinner she spreads -which may quite turn your heads.</p> - -<p>Heed what we say and we’ll show you -the way.</p> - -<p>Ding, dong, bell!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_71" id="Page_71">[71]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus35.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">DING, DONG, BELL</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_72" id="Page_72">[72]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="THE_DINING-ROOM">THE DINING-ROOM</h2> - -<p>Oh my! What a fine dining-room, and -how many tables there are!</p> - -<p>Each cat has a table all to himself. I -wonder why.</p> - -<p>There is the Queen sitting at the end -of the room.</p> - -<p>She is looking straight at me.</p> - -<p>Oh dear! What if I should spill my -milk on this white cloth!</p> - -<p>What would the Queen say to me!</p> - -<p>I am almost afraid to drink it.</p> - -<p>It is so hard to drink out of china cups. -But I must try.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_73" id="Page_73">[73]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus36.jpg" width="500" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">THE QUEEN IS LOOKING STRAIGHT AT ME</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="I_AM_SO_HUNGRY">I AM SO HUNGRY</h2> - -<p>I wish some one would hurry and bring -me some milk.</p> - -<p>Mine is all gone and so is my mouse.</p> - -<p>I wonder if this is all we are going to -have to eat.</p> - -<p>I am so hungry I shall have to go home -and catch a rat.</p> - -<p>The Queen is asking some one to tell -a story. I believe she means me.</p> - -<p>Yes, dear Queen, I will tell you a story -about seven little pussy-cats who were -not so polite as we are. But first may I -please have a little more milk to drink?</p> - -<p>(<i>My tale is coming.</i>)</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus37.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">A HUNGRY CAT</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="THE_QUEENS_TEA-TABLE">THE QUEEN’S TEA-TABLE</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">The Queen has had the table set,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">As fine as fine can be,</div> -<div class="verse">And now I wish she’d send some milk</div> -<div class="verse indent1">For a hungry cat like me.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_76" id="Page_76">[76]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="SEVEN_LITTLE_PUSSY-CATS">SEVEN LITTLE PUSSY-CATS</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Seven little pussy-cats, invited out to tea,</div> -<div class="verse">Cried: ‘Mother, let us go. Oh, do! for good we’ll surely be.</div> -<div class="verse">We’ll wear our bibs and hold our things as you have shown us how:—</div> -<div class="verse">Spoons in right paws, cups in left,—and make a pretty bow.</div> -<div class="verse">We’ll always say, “Yes, if you please,” and “Only half of that.”’</div> -<div class="verse">‘Then go, my darling children,’ said the happy Mother Cat.</div> -<div class="verse">The seven little pussy-cats went out that night to tea.</div> -<div class="verse">Their heads were smooth and glossy, their tails were swinging free;</div><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_77" id="Page_77">[77]</a></span> -<div class="verse">They held their things as they had learned, and tried to be polite;</div> -<div class="verse">With snowy bibs beneath their chins they were a pretty sight.</div> -<div class="verse">But, alas for manners beautiful, and coats as soft as silk!</div> -<div class="verse">The moment that the little kits were asked to take some milk,</div> -<div class="verse">They dropped their spoons, forgot to bow, and—oh, what do you think?</div> -<div class="verse">They put their noses in the cups and all began to drink!</div> -<div class="verse">Yes, every naughty little kit set up a Mee-ow for more,</div> -<div class="verse">Then knocked the tea-cup over, and scampered through the door.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_78" id="Page_78">[78]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="MANY_THANKS">MANY THANKS</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Sing, sing, what shall I sing?</div> -<div class="verse">Many thanks to my Queen,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">I will sing,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">I will sing.</div> -</div> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Do, do, what shall I do?</div> -<div class="verse">I will run away home,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And go to bed too,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And go to bed too.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_79" id="Page_79">[79]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus38.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">I’M GOING HOME</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="GOOD_NIGHT">GOOD NIGHT</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">Yes, I have put my jacket on,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And my Good Night have said,</div> -<div class="verse">And now I’m going home again,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">And then straightway to bed.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_80" id="Page_80">[80]</a></span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/illus39.jpg" width="500" height="350" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">SH-H-H</p> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<h2 id="THE_LAST_TALE">THE LAST TALE</h2> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> -<div class="stanza"> -<div class="verse">The book is done, the tales are told;</div> -<div class="verse indent1">Don’t wake me with your noise.</div> -<div class="verse">For I’m as tired,—as tired, I guess,</div> -<div class="verse indent1">As many girls and boys.</div> -</div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr /> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_81" id="Page_81">[81]</a></span></p> - -<h2 id="A_WORD_TO_THE_TEACHER">A WORD TO THE TEACHER</h2> - -<p>When a new school Reader comes to the hands of the primary -teacher, she naturally asks: “Will this book give to my class of -boys and girls a healthy stimulus of thought and pleasure? Will -they receive through it valuable instruction and assistance in the -mechanics of reading? Is the book sufficiently literary in style and -artistic in form to command the respect and love of the children? -Is it suggestive, dramatic, and ethically healthful? In a word, is it -worth the precious time of the schoolroom?”</p> - -<p>To the inquiring teacher who may examine this little book, which -is devoted entirely to the frolics and fancies of kittens and cats, the -following remarks may reveal a definite educational purpose and -value in it.</p> - -<p>Following the example of Mother Goose, the wise and classic -rhymester of the nursery, we have taken a subject dear to the heart -of childhood and have given it life and personality in the simple and -unsophisticated manner of the child.</p> - -<p>Many of the happiest playtime experiences of children are associated -with their kittens. They delight to dress the frolicsome yet -docile little creatures in doll gowns and jackets, and give them long -rides in doll carriages, and make them sit at tiny tables and share in -tea parties, then put them to bed and perhaps give them water medicine -for an imaginary ill. Can there be a more normal and healthy -pastime for a little child than this?</p> - -<p>In one respect kittens take precedence over dolls. They are <em>alive</em>.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_82" id="Page_82">[82]</a></span> -They <em>must</em> be treated kindly. They will not bear the abuse and neglect -given to many beautiful dolls. They demand attention and -companionship, and they return a real devotion for kindness and -care. Therefore we love them, and especially do our children love -them and delight in stories or pictures of them.</p> - -<p>Those of us who have had glimpses of the child heart and mind -know that stories of kittens and queens and parties yield much the -same delight to the little reader of juvenile fiction, as do adventure -and romance to the grown-up reader.</p> - -<p>This simple story about the Queen of the Kitten Country and the -party which she gives in her palace, ought, therefore, to meet one of -the most important requirements for a higher first grade school -Reader, that of a strong appeal to the child in subject matter and -illustration. With the interest keenly aroused the difficulties in -learning to read are mastered quickly and with pleasure. However, -the following brief suggestions are given to assist any teacher who -may need them in making use of the book to the greatest advantage -for her class.</p> - -<h3>SUGGESTIONS</h3> - -<p>Before the reading of the book is begun there might well be one -or two story-telling periods. Each child should be encouraged to tell -a story, from his own experience if possible, about a kitten, or a -party, or to give his idea of a queen.</p> - -<p>The children should be assisted in recalling and in learning Mother -Goose rhymes and other verses about cats. Give them several blackboard -drawing lessons showing cats in different positions and costumes. -A frieze of kittens may be started at the top of the blackboard,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_83" id="Page_83">[83]</a></span> -adding each new kitten character to the row as the story -progresses. This frieze will furnish material for several varieties of -“busy work.”</p> - -<p>A valuable exercise to stimulate thought and facility of expression -is to assign a short page for a child to read silently, which he later -gives aloud in his own words before the teacher and class.</p> - -<p>Interesting and profitable reviews may be frequently had by assigning -a cat character to each child, having them read in order the -text devoted to their special character. The first review of this kind -may well occur at the end of <a href="#Page_20">page twenty</a>, where the preparations -for the party are completed. When the party is over a final review -may be given in dramatic form. The children should impersonate -the different cats and tell their tales to amuse the Queen, who sits -on her throne. This final dramatic review would naturally begin -with the call of the Commanding Officer on <a href="#Page_22">page twenty-two</a>. Each -child should memorize his part and give it with spontaneous expression -and action. Slight costuming may be prepared if desired, or the -blackboard frieze may furnish the cat pictures, while the children -give life and action to them.</p> - -<p>Other special and valuable reviews may be developed from the -large amount of verse in the book, each child choosing a favorite -verse to read or recite or to illustrate on the blackboard. The children -should be encouraged to make rhyming sentences and word -lists of their own, using the fundamental thought or words in the -day’s lesson as a basis. 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