She said in parting,
“Laugh and play with merry din,
But do not let the Foxes in.”
“The FOXES,” said Dot and Tot, “Oh dear, oh dear we are afraid of the FOXES.”
Trot said, “I am not afraid of the FOXES, we will not let them in.”
The Three Little Kittens stood at the window waving their pocket handkerchiefs as Mother Catastrophe went down the walk.
“I think you can have a better play,
If the dishes are washed and put away,”
sang the Little Old Man of the Fire, so the Three Little Kittens found three little aprons hanging on a nail and they put them on and washed and dried the dishes and put them away.
All day long they danced about merrily doing nice things for Mother Catastrophe and the Little Old Man of the Fire shouted merrily all the time.