HOWmany Lives has the Cat got?

FIVE!

But I hear she has not;

For they say she was shot.

So how many Lives has the Cat got?

ES, with a gun she was shot,

And a trigger it had got,

I saw the man pull it;

But Pussy held up her pawslike the Wizard of the North,and before you could count, One,Two,Three,caught the Bullet.

HOWmany Lives has the Cat got?

FOUR!

But people all say

She was poison’d one day;

So how many Lives has the Cat got?

ES, it’s true, people say

She was poison’d one day,

And very much it shock’d her;

But the moment she felt ill, and before you
could count One,Two,Three,
she was off to the Doctor.

HOWmany Lives has the Cat got?

THREE!

But then the old wall

Crush’d her in its fall.

So how many Lives has the Cat got?

ES, I know the old wall

Flatten’d Puss in its fall,

And a dozen of her fellows;

But Pussy walked sideways into the kitchen,and before you could count One,Two,Three,blew herself out with the bellows.

HOWmany Lives has the Cat got?

TWO!

But, bit by a dog,

She is dead as a log.

So how many Lives has the Cat got?

ES, bit by a dog,

But not dead as a log,

As you’ll gladly find;

For she climbed up the apple-tree before
you could count One,Two,Three,
and left the dog behind.

HOWmany Lives has the Cat got?

ONE!

But then she’s grown old,

And has caught a bad cold;

So how many Lives has the Cat got?

ES, she has grown old,

And has caught a bad cold,

Only bread and milk she touches,

Except a little gruel, but she burns a great
deal of fuel, and you may count,
One,Two,Three,a great many times,
while she hobbles across the room on her
crutches.