A ’FRAID-CAT’S TALE
Once I was a ’fraid-cat, dear Queen.
All the kittens and cats laughed at me and sang this song about me.
C was a cat who ran after a rat,
But her courage did fail
When he seized on her tail.
Now what do you think that cat did do?
She jumped in a chair and cried,
Mew! mew!
I was the cat who ran after the rat,