The Twins[A]

There were two little kittens, a black and a gray,

And grandmother said, with a frown:

“It never will do to keep them both,

The black one we better drown.

“Don’t cry, my dear,” to tiny Bess,

“One kitten’s enough to keep;

Now run to nurse, for ’tis growing late,

And time you were fast asleep.”

The morrow dawned, and rosy and sweet