And holding fast by means of pegs,
She hung suspended by the legs.
And downward she then hung her head,
And looked as though she were quite dead—
And thus she sought to cheat the mice,
And from their dwellings them entice.
A cunning mouse, well "up to trap,"
On pussy her two eyes did clap.
"Aha!" she cried, "puss are you there?
Within your reach, I would not dare—