“I’ve got all the major and minor keys in there,” said the Rainbow Cat. “A bunch of them. That’s what makes such a rattle. But I can’t do without them.”
“Sing me a song,” said the wizard, “and then I’ll see whether I’ll let you in or not.”
So the Rainbow Cat sat down on the doorstep and sang this little song, and the wizard stood just inside the door and listened.
THE SONG OF THE GOOSE
“There once was a goose who lived on a green,
Gold was his beak and his feathers were clean,
A handsomer creature there never was seen,
Heydiddle ho, never was seen;
He lived on a green and he waddled about,
For he said, ‘To be sure I don’t want to get stout,