ALL ABOARD!
"ALL aboard!" shouted the Captain.
"The four and twenty sailors
That stood between the decks,
Were four and twenty white mice,
With chains about their necks."
"There's a locket fastened to every chain," cried Puss. "What pretty lockets."
"Each little sailor mouse has a picture of his mother in his locket," said the Captain, who stood near by giving the orders. Now,
"The captain was a duck,
With a packet on his back;
And when the ship began to move
The Captain cried, 'Quack! Quack!'"
"Hello!" said Puss, Junior, stretching out his right paw. "Hello, Captain! Aren't you the duck that took me across the pond on your back a long, long time ago. You told me about your cousin, the Golden Goose, don't you remember?"
"So I did," said the Captain, looking Puss over. "Shiver my timbers if you're not Puss, Junior!"