Get one this minute and put kittens in it.”
The Three Little Kittens were not fond of a bath, but they got water and filled the tub and jumped in.
Such a rubbing and scrubbing you never saw.
Soon they were out and drying by the fire.
They sat down to start their letter over again when the Little Old Man of the Fire cried,
“For shame, you left a dirty tub,
Go clean it now, go rub and scrub.”
They got cloths and tumbled into the tub, head-first and began to rub and scrub, until they had it clean.
They were so tired that Dot and Tot sat down then by the table, and began to cry until they had cried a little stream of water, but Trot said, “Will you cry a bowl full? Will you cry a tub full?”
The Little Old Man of the Fire sputtered again and said,