The Project Gutenberg eBook, Kittens and Cats, by Eulalie Osgood Grover

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I AM THE QUEEN


KITTENS AND CATS

A First Reader

BY
EULALIE OSGOOD GROVER
AUTHOR OF “THE SUNBONNET BABIES’ PRIMER,”
“THE OVERALL BOYS,” ETC.

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON · NEW YORK · CHICAGO · DALLAS · SAN FRANCISCO
The Riverside Press Cambridge


COPYRIGHT, 1911
BY EULALIE OSGOOD GROVER

PICTURES COPYRIGHTED BY THE ROTOGRAPH CO.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO REPRODUCE
THIS BOOK OR PARTS THEREOF IN ANY FORM

The Riverside Press
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
PRINTED IN THE U.S.A.


TO FRITZ
WHO LOVES KITTENS AND CATS AS MUCH AS YOU AND I DO


CONTENTS

The Queen[2]
Granny Gray[4]
Getting Ready[6]
I wonder[7]
Ready for the Party[8]
A Full Cart[9]
Time to Start[10]
Is my Hat on Straight[12]
Hiding[14]
An Invitation[15]
No Party for Me[16]
I’m Off[18]
Being Weighed[20]
The Party[22]
The Commanding Officer[23]
The Latest News[24]
What is It?[25]
I’ll sing you a Song[26]
A Tale of a Mouse[28]
We are the Cats[29]
A Nurse’s Tale[30]
A Famous Mouser[32]
A Long Time Ago[34]
A Dunce’s Tale[36]
A Tale of Three Kittens[38]
The Kittens Three[41]
A Rainy-Day Tale[42]
A Tale of London Town[44]
A Tale I know[46]
A Tale of St. Ives[48]
A Little Fairy’s Tale[50]
A Secret[52]
Who was He[54]
A Stranger[55]
A Sad Tale[56]
My Own Tale[58]
Three Tales[60]
A Sight to See[61]
A ’Fraid-Cat’s Tale[62]
From the North Pole[64]
The Twins[66]
Do we look Alike[67]
What shall we Sing[68]
Waiting[69]
Ding, Dong, Bell[70]
The Dining-Room[72]
I am so Hungry[74]
The Queen’s Tea-Table[75]
Seven Little Pussy-Cats[76]
Many Thanks[78]
Good Night[79]
The Last Tale[80]