Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round.
Old Mother Kit-Cat’s needles went “click, click, click.”
By and by Old Uncle Mouser said, “By my whiskers, I do know one true story about a little kitten, who liked to wash dishes, and do kitchen work.”
Old Mother Kit-Cat stopped knitting suddenly, and leaned forward and her eyes grew as big as saucers.
She said, “Did you say, liked to wash dishes and do kitchen work?”
Old Uncle Mouser answered, “I will tell you the story as it was told me by my old Aunt Tabby.” Then he began.
Once upon a time the Old Man of the Fire said to the King, “I wonder if any kitten in the world likes to wash dishes and do kitchen work?”
The King said, it could not be possible that any kitten liked to do these things, so the Little Old Man of the Fire said, “I travel everywhere over hill and dale, and wherever a fire is, there am I. What will you give me if I find a kitten who likes to do kitchen work?”