"These are the words you bade me say
For a pair of new gloves on Easter Day,
"Aren't they, dear Puss, Junior?" she said, with a smile, looking up at him.
PUSS CONVERSES WITH AN INTELLIGENT GRAY DONKEY
Donkey, donkey, old and gray,
called Puss, Jr., who always remembered his Mother Goose rhymes perfectly.
The donkey paused in his grazing and looked up. "This sleepy morn," he repeated. "I don't call this a 'sleepy morn.' I should say it was very wide awake."
"I guess it is," admitted Puss, "but, you see, I was only saying a little rhyme from Mother Goose."
"Well, I don't see how it applies to the present situation at all," replied the donkey, in a rather ungracious manner. "The only thing you have right is the donkey part."