A NEW PASSENGER
PUSS, JUNIOR, waved his paw to the old sailor, who put his pipe back in his mouth and smoked away contentedly under the shady tree. All of a sudden a pretty little girl jumped out from behind a stone wall.
"Bobby Shafto's gone to sea,
Silver buckles on his knee;
He'll come back and marry me,
Pretty Bobby Shafto.
Bobby Shafto's fat and fair,
Combing down his yellow hair;
He's my love for aye and ere,
Pretty Bobby Shafto."
"Hello," said Puss when she had finished her song.
"Did you just get off that pretty ship," she asked.
"Yes, Miss," replied Puss.
"Was Bobby Shafto on board?"
"I didn't see him," replied Puss. "Did you expect him?"