OUR three cats is Maltese cats, An' they's two that's white, -- An' bofe of 'em's @3deef@1 -- an' that's 'Cause their @3eyes@1 ain't right. -- Uncle say that @3Huxley@1 say Eyes of @3white@1 Maltese -- When they don't match thataway -- They're deef as you please! @3Girls, they@1 like our white cats best, 'Cause they're white as snow, Yes, an' look the stylishest -- But they're deef, you know! They don't know their names, an' don't Hear us when we call "Come in, Nick an' Finn!" -- they won't Come fer us at all! But our @3other@1 cat, @3he@1 knows Mister Nick an' Finn, -- Mowg's @3his@1 name, -- an' when @3he@1 goes Fer 'em, they come in! Mowgli's @3all@1 his name -- the same Me an' Muvver took Like the Wolf-Child's @3other@1 name, In "The Jungul Book." I bet Mowg's the smartest cat In the world! -- @3He's@1 not @3White,@1 but mousy-plush, with that Smoky gloss he's got! All's got little bells to ring, Round their neck; but none Only Mowg @3knows@1 anything -- He's the only one! I ist 'spect sometimes he hate White cats' stupid ways: -- He won't hardly 'sociate With 'em, lots o' days! Mowg wants in where @3we@1 air, -- well, He'll ist take his paw An' ist ring an' ring his bell There till me er Ma Er @3some@1body lets him in Nen an' shuts the door. -- An', when he wants out ag'in, Nen he'll ring some more. Ort to hear our Katy tell! She sleeps 'way up-stairs; An' last night she hear Mowg's bell Ringin' round @3some@1wheres. . . . Trees grows by her winder. -- So, She lean out an' see Mowg up there, 'way out, you know, In the clingstone-tree; -- An'-sir! he ist @3hint@1 an' @3ring,@1 -- Till she ketch an' plat Them limbs; -- nen he crawl an' spring In where Katy's at! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALL NETTLES by PHILIP EDWARD THOMAS TO A HUMMING BIRD by GLADYS ARNE MEROPE; A TRAGEDY by MATTHEW ARNOLD PORTRAIT BY PICHER by FRANCES BAKER SONNET: 1 by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT SURSUM CORDA by MARGARET CARROLL BRADY FILIPPO BALDINUCCI ON THE PRIVILEGE OF BURIAL by ROBERT BROWNING |