& Other Poem-Stories

• Two Little Kittens, one stormy night,

• Began to quarrel, and then to fight;

• One had a mouse, and the other had none -

• And that was the way that the quarrel was begun.

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• I’ll have that mouse! Said the bigger one

• You won’t have that mouse said the other one

• I will have that mouse said the bigger cat

• You’ll have that mouse? We’ll see about that!"

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• Now I told you before, ‘twas a stormy night

• When these two kittens began to fight

• And the old woman took her sweeping broom

• And swept the two kittens right out of the room

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• Outside the ground was covered with Ice and Snow,

• And the two little kittens had no place to go!

• So they laid themselves down on the mat near the door

• Until the old woman finished sweeping the floor

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• Then they both crept in as quiet as mice,

• All wet with snow, and as cold as ice!

• For they thought ‘twould be better, that stormy night,

• To lie down and sleep than to quarrel and fight.

A Wise Old Owl

• A wise old owl sat in an Oak

• The More he saw  The Less he spoke—

• The Less he spoke the More he heard !

• Why can't we all Be like that Bird?

WHEN MOTHER PRAYS

• It always seems so good to me

• When Mother prays;

• Sometimes I cry, and cannot see,

• When Mother prays;

• The angels come down-

• Oh, so close,

• That I can touch them,

• Seems almost!

• And inside I get warm with joy;

• I’m sorry then I took Bill’s toy,

• I want to be a better boy!

• When Mother prays.