To teach little children to ever be kind
And tender to pets in the home.
The velvet is soft on the small, fragile paws;
And if it with gentleness meet,
’Tis seldom that any will know it has claws,
Or learn there are pins in its feet.
And kitty is come to show us a way
To work for a wonderful thing;
When lions and lambs together shall play,
And all hearts together shall sing!