3.
The cups and the saucers they shone lily white:
We helped all the dollies; they looked so polite;
We had cake and jam from our own pantry shelves;
Of course we did most of the eating ourselves.
4.
But housewives don’t know when their cares may begin—
The door it stood open, and pussy popped in;
He jumped on the table,—and what do you think?—
Down fell all the crockery there in a wink.