“’Tis pleasanter anyway, I think,
To write with pencil instead of ink!”
At that very minute three little pencils sailed right down into the paws of the Three Little Kittens.
They did not write that letter that day.
They did not write that letter the next day.
They did not write that letter at all, for “rap a tap,” sounded on the door, and Twinkle Toes and Uncle Mouser appeared, Old Mother Kit-Cat right behind them.
They said,
“Don’t say you feel afraid,
Come out and join the big parade.”