A FRIENDSHIP DECLINED
Characters—Mary and a Kitten
(Mary wears a gray fur bonnet)
Mary. Pussy, aren’t you cold?
Pussy. Me-ow!
Mary. Pussy, aren’t you cold?
Don’t look so sad.
Come here to me,
At home, I’ve kittens two—
And I should like—indeed I should
To make a friend of you.
Pussy. Me-ow!
Mary. To make a friend of you.
Pussy. I thank you, Miss, for your kind words,
And know they’re gently said;
But truth to speak,
I do not like
That thing upon your head.
For much it looks to me as though
Your very furry hat,
So soft and fine, might once have been
A very furry cat. Me-ow!
A very furry cat.