THE CAT THAT CAUGHT THE RAT.

Too late! yes, too late! All your struggles are vain:

You never will see those dear children again!

All sadly they sit in their desolate home,

Looking out for the mother that never will come.

When Pussy had finished, she said with a smile,

“I think I will walk in the garden a while,

And there take a nap in some sunshiny spot.”

Bose laughed to himself as he said, “I think not!”