Foreign Kittens 29

The Joy Ride 31

Facilis Ascensus 33

The Whole Duty of Kittens 35

The Outing 37

The Puppy 39

The Moon 43

The Golden Cat 45

An Inquiry 47

The Kitten's Fancy 49

In Darkest Africa 51

The Dog 55

The Game 59

The Kitten's Garden _of_ Verses

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Winter and Summer

In Winter when the air is chill,
And winds are blowing loud and shrill,
All snug and warm I sit and purr,
Wrapped in my overcoat of fur.

In Summer quite the other way,
I find it very hot all day,
But Human People do not care,
For they have nice thin clothes to wear.

And does it not seem hard to you,
When all the world is like a stew,
And I am much too warm to purr,
I have to wear my Winter Fur?

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Rain

The rain is raining everywhere,
Kittens to shelter fly--
But Human Folk wear overshoes,
To keep their hind paws dry.

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The Shadow Kitten

There's a funny little kitten that tries to look like me,
But though I'm round and fluffy, he's as flat as flat can be;
And when I try to mew to him he never makes a sound,
And when I jump into the air he never leaves the ground.

He has a way of growing, I don't understand at all.
Sometimes he's very little and sometimes he's very tall.
And once when in the garden when the sun came up at dawn
He grew so big I think he stretched half-way across the lawn.

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Education

When People think that Kittens play,
It's really quite the other way.
For when they chase the Ball or Bobbin
They learn to catch a Mouse or Robin.

The Kitten, deaf to Duty's call,
Who will not chase the bounding ball,
A hungry Cathood will enjoy,
The scorn of Mouse and Bird and Boy.

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A Thought

It's very nice to think of how
In every country lives a Cow
To furnish milk with all her might
For Kittens' comfort and delight.

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The Lion

The Lion does not move at all,