m, "what do you do for a
living?" And the dog said, "I slay the cat, and likewise the rat." Then
the Chinaman said, "as you have lived upon others, others shall live
upon you!" So he caught the dog, and he cooked him with rice, and ate
him up. And there was an end of the dog.

But now, you see, the Chinaman had eaten

The dog,
Named Gog,
And the cat,
Very fat,
And the mouse,
Round the house,
And the flea,
Wee wee.

So when he had eaten them all, they all disagreed with him, and he died.
And there was an end of the Chinaman, Ting-Pan.

This was Puff's favorite story, and I had to tell it at least once every
night, and often twice. Then when that was done, she would call for
"Michikee Moo." You have never heard that, I'll warrant, for you do not,
most of you, understand the Pawnee dialect, and "Michikee Moo" is a
Pawnee ballad. The Indian mammas sing it to their pappooses, as they
rock them in their bark cradles under the trees, in the western forests.
I had to translate it into English, of course, for Puff; so here it is.

MICHIKEE MOO.

AN INDIAN BALLAD.

Whopsy Whittlesy Whanko Whee,
Howly old growly old Indian he,
Lived on the hill of the Mungo-Paws,
With all his pappooses and all his squaws.
There was Wah-wah-bocky, the Blue-nosed Goose,
And Ching-gach-gocky, the Capering-Moose;
There was Peeksy Wiggin, and Squawpan too,
But the fairest of all was Michikee Moo.
Michikee Moo, the Savoury Tart,
Pride of Whittlesy Whanko's heart.
Michikee Moo, the Cherokee Pie,
Apple of Whittlesy Whanko's eye.

Whittlesy Whanko loved her so
That the other squaws did with envy glow.
And each said to the other "Now what shall we do
To spoil the beauty of Michikee Moo?"
"We'll lure her away to the mountain top,
And there her head we will neatly chop!"
"We'll wile her away to the forest's heart,
And shoot her down with a poisoned dart!"
"We'll 'tice her away to the river side,
And there she shall be the Manitou's bride!"
"Oh! one of these things we will surely do,
And we'll spoil the beauty of Michikee Moo!"

"Michikee Moo, thou Cherokee Pie,
Away with me to the mountain high!"