On her pet pussy ‘Tib,’

She would not tease; she would not tell

The tiniest little fib.

“She always kept her dresses clean,—

Her curls were brushed just right;

She never cried and coaxed that she

Might stay up late at night.

“And very often when I’ve been

In mischief and been bad,

I think, ‘Ain’t it an awful shame