Then what do you suppose happened?
The cookie jar rose in the air and settled down out of reach, on the highest shelf in the pantry.
The Three Little Kittens cried “Oh” and “Ah” and “What happened to the cookie jar?”
Old Mother Catastrophe said,
“I do not really mean to tease,
But learn some little words like these,
THANK YOU—say, and—IF YOU PLEASE.”
The Three Little Kittens said, “Thank you, thank you, please give us a cookie, please do.”
OLD MOTHER CATASTROPHE STUCK HER HEAD OUT OF THE WINDOW