Tony
Tony is a little dog,
That lives just up our street.
He really is the sweetest dog
That ever you could meet.
When I go out he runs to me,
And says, “What shall we play?
At hide-and-seek, or fox and goose?”
That's what he seems to say—
Sometimes we play at motor-cars,
My! how I have to run!
But Tony thinks That chasing cats
Is quite the bestest fun!
But if he bites poor Pussy's Tail,
Then I am very strict;
I make him sit up straight and beg
Until his conscience's pricked.
THE CATS AND THE CHEESE,
Or, Better Agree than Go to Law.
Two cats took some stolen cheese to a monkey to divide for them, as they could not agree about it. The monkey put a piece of cheese into each side of the scales. One piece weighed down the other, and from this the monkey took a large bite; this made the other side heavier, so he bit a great piece off that.
The cats tried to stop him, but he only laughed and went on biting first one piece and then the other, until both had disappeared, and the cats were left with nothing at all.
