d, and Ned
did say: "Now for a run!" So he did run, and the sly old ape did run,
and the dog did run, and the cat did run, and the pup did run, and the
kit did run, and all did run, and it was fun.

The ape did say, "Che! che!" and ate the pie as he ran. Ned did say:
"O you bad old ape! O you bad old ape!" The dog did say: "Bow wow! Bow
wow!" The cat did say: "Mew, mew!" The pup did say: "Yap! yap!" and
the kit did cry: "Eee, eee!" Was it not a big run?

And now, was it not too bad in the sly old ape? for you see he ate the
pie all up. Ned did not get one bit, and the kit did not get one bit.
O my!

Let me say to you, if you get a pie, and it is too hot to eat, do not
put it on the top of a big tin pot, in the air, and go off to see a
cat or a dog, for if you do, may be a sly old ape may get at the pie,
and eat it all up.

MOP, THE PET CAT.

I.

O Ned! the sun
Is in the sky,
And you in bed--
O fie! O fie!

II.

Get up, get up,
And go and run
Out in the air,
For it is fun.

III.

Sit in my lap,
As you may do,
So I can tie
The bow for you.

IV.

Now get the cap,
The new red top,
And let us go
To see old Mop,

V.

My old pet cat,
Who has one eye--
For one is out,
Let me say why.

VI.

One day a dog,
A bad old cur,
Did fly at Mop,
He bit her fur.

VII.

He bit her ear;
How she did mew!
And all her leg,
He bit it too.

VIII.

He dug his paw
Way in her eye,
And put it out,
And she did cry.

IX.

"Oh! mew, mew, mew!
Fit! fit! ee! eeeee!
My eye is out!
I can not see!

X.

"And I may die;
Say, can it be?"
And up she got
To mew to me.

XI.

Oh! I was mad,
And I was sad,
For my pet cat
Was bit so bad.

XII.

But off I ran,
And in a bag,
Of old and new,
I got a rag:

XIII.

And I did say:
"Let me, I beg,
Tie the old rag
On the bad leg."

XIV.

My old pet cat
So sad did lie,
And I did say:
"Oh! she may die!"

XV.

Her eye was out,
And all the day
Up in my lap
My cat did lay.

XVI.

She had a nap,
She had a sup,
And, by and by,
She did get up.

XVII.

And now her leg
And