A poor little kitty turned out by its mother,
Without any sister, without any brother,
Was very unhappy,
Was very unhappy;
Oh, very unhappy indeed!
She couldn't find any companions to stay with;
She couldn't find any companions to play with;
And so she was lonely,
Oh! ever so lonely;
Oh, yes! she was lonely indeed.
One morning she noticed two little pigs running
Along by the house; they were pretty and cunning,
And it made little kitty
Feel bad—what a pity!—
A very great pity indeed.
She made their acquaintance, and then in clear weather
The three funny playmates would frolic together,
And kitty was happy,
No doubt she was happy;
Oh, yes! very happy indeed.
The piggies would drink up the milk that was given
To kitty, who oft from the basin was driven;
For they were quite greedy,
Yes, rather too greedy;
Oh, yes! very greedy indeed.
And, when they had corn, how the piggies would chew it!
While kitty looked on, wondering how they could do it:
'Twas queer that she couldn't,
Quite strange that she couldn't;
She'd tried—but she couldn't indeed!
At night, when the piggies in slumber were dozing,
Miss Kitty curled up on their backs was reposing,
And all were quite happy,
Remarkably happy;
Oh, yes! very happy indeed.
JOSEPHINE POLLARD.
HARRY AND JOHN.
| Harry waves his flag to stop
a train of cars. He has seen
a man do it at the railroad
station. But the
train rushes by, and
does not mind him in
the least. This makes
him look sad.
John stands and looks on.
He is dressed in a new sailor-suit.
He feels so grand
that he does not care
whether the train stops
or not. There is a very
broad grin on his face.
We should see it if we
could make him turn
round and look at us.
J. K. L. |